‘Hand on neck’ viral video leads to criminal charge
WE START TONIGHT WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS CHARGES FILED IN A MILWAUKEE CASE INVOLVING VIDEO THAT GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION. THAT VIDEO SHOWS A WHITE MAN WITH HIS HAND ON A BLACK MAN’S THROAT. LET’S GO AHEAD. RECORD. LET GO OF HIS NECK. HE’S NOT GOING. STOLE A BIKE. READ OUT OF A FRIEND ON MY YARD. LET GO. I DID. IN THE LAST HOUR, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGED 62 YEAR OLD ROBERT WALSER KOSKI WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT. A BYSTANDER SAW THE CONFRONTATION CALLED POLICE AND STARTED RECORDING. IN THE VIDEO WAS A KOSKI IS ALSO CALLING POLICE SAYING HE BELIEVED THE YOUNGER MAN’S FRIENDS HAD STOLEN A BIKE. THE COMPLAINT SAYS TWO DAYS LATER, THE YOUNGER MAN’S MOTHER CALLED POLICE, SAYING THAT THERE WERE TWO BIKES AT HER HOME THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER FAMILY. THE MOTHER SAID HER SON IS 25 BUT HAS THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A FIVE YEAR OLD. SHE TOLD POLICE, QUOTE, SOME KIDS ON HIS BLOCK ASKED HIM TO COME WITH THEM SO HE COULD GET A BIKE. SHE HAD BEEN ASKING THAT WAS KOSKI
‘Hand on neck’ viral video leads to criminal charge
The video, which shows a white man with his hand around the neck of a younger Black man, drew national attention and calls for prosecution.
Updated: 6:24 PM CDT Oct 27, 2022
Prosecutors filed a criminal charge Thursday against a white man captured on camera with his hand around the neck of a Black man, who relatives said has developmental delays.A video, which has now gone viral, of the incident shows Robert Walczykowski, 62, with his hands around the neck of Trevon Burks. Walczykowski is heard accusing Burks of stealing a neighbor’s bike days earlier.In the video, Burks denied the theft.Walczykowski is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday.”My son didn’t do anything wrong and, if I was to get justice, I would want him to pay for what he did,” Burks’s mother, Tracey, said during a news conference this week. “That was very wrong for him to do that and he could’ve come at my son a different way. He didn’t have to choke my son. It was a hatred thing, what he did.”The video has drawn support for Burks from across the country.Walczykowski is due in court Wednesday, Nov. 2 for an initial appearance, according to court records.
MILWAUKEE —
Prosecutors filed a criminal charge Thursday against a white man captured on camera with his hand around the neck of a Black man, who relatives said has developmental delays.
A video, which has now gone viral, of the incident shows Robert Walczykowski, 62, with his hands around the neck of Trevon Burks. Walczykowski is heard accusing Burks of stealing a neighbor’s bike days earlier.
In the video, Burks denied the theft.
Walczykowski is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday.
“My son didn’t do anything wrong and, if I was to get justice, I would want him to pay for what he did,” Burks’s mother, Tracey, said during a news conference this week. “That was very wrong for him to do that and he could’ve come at my son a different way. He didn’t have to choke my son. It was a hatred thing, what he did.”
The video has drawn support for Burks from across the country.
Walczykowski is due in court Wednesday, Nov. 2 for an initial appearance, according to court records.
