Woman harassed for the flag of Puerto Rico: The officer who did not intervene resigns

Mia Irizarry says she was celebrating her 24th birthday in the Cook County Forest Reserves last month when the man approached her and asked her why she was wearing the sleeveless shirt of the Puerto Rico flag. He also wrote "Puerto Rico" under the neckline.

"After the incident, we immediately launched an investigation in accordance with our personnel policies in our officer's response," he said in a series of posts on Twitter.

The officer resigned Wednesday, announced the forestry agency. The investigation into the incident continues, according to the agency

Timothy G. Trybus, the drunkenness man involved in the incident, was arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct, police report says

For his first court appearance on August 1, the Cook County Court said:

He will be represented by a public defender but he has not yet been assigned to him, said the office of the public defender

. Trybus for the comment.

"All people are welcome in the Cook County Forest Reserves and no one should feel in jeopardy when visiting our canned foods," said the agency

. called for high charges of hate crime against Trybus.

"A charge for simple assault or disorderly conduct is not enough," García said. "We can not allow this ugly rhetoric to be the norm in Cook County."

CNN called the prosecutor's office for comments on possible consideration of hate crime charges. the officer involved.

In the film, we can see a man approaching Irizarry saying, "You should not carry him to the United States of America." He gets closer to her and asks, "Are you a citizen? Are you a citizen of the United States? "

Irizarry says that Puerto Rico is part of the United States and that man is approaching her several times. Park police to help: "I rent this area and he harasses me about the shirt I wear."

Later, she says, "Officer, I feel completely bad about it. "Please officer" as the officer is seen moving away from her.

Then she says: "Officer, I rent, I paid for a permit for this area.I do not feel comfortable with him here, is he"

We see then the policeman talk to the man who makes him gesturing and tells him to "close the f ***."

Other police arrive and Irizarry says she's still not doing it feel safe … The man resumes his abuse by saying, "You are not American, if you were American, you would not wear it, you know it?"

A policewoman asks to see his identity card and can be heard telling him that he is drunk, to which he responds, "Well, that's your judgment." She explains that Irizarry has a license and she warned him that he could be arrested "for not being compliant."

"You do not come here to harass people," continues the officer. "People have just as much the right to be here that you and when you're drunk, you do not It's not here yet. "

The policewoman then speaks with Irizarry, who gives her version of the incident and the officer explains that they were called to the area after that and ### 39: a man was strangled by a woman

Eventually, the first officer on the scene takes notes on Irizarry 's story and says that he was on the scene because of the l'. incident, noting she was not attacked, although she felt threatened.

We can hear Irizarry explain to the officer that the incident started when they asked the group where the man was where they could move because they had a permit for The area. She said that the group had been politely bent but that her Puerto Rico shirt seemed to be a trigger for the man.