For what was supposed to be a peaceful sunny day in Winnetka, Illinois, for Otis Campbell and his friends, Tamara and Caitlyn, turned into a gloomy unpleasant day when a woman allegedly approached them aggressively, yelling at them to leave on Monday (August 17).
The woman claimed they were in private property and that they needed passes for them to be in that area.
"I take a bike ride every day to relax at the pier all the time, the staff knows me," Campbell said. "I see a lady starring at us, and I noticed it."
Campbell told Newsflare that the woman approached Campbell and his friends, demanding to see their passes. He also told Newsflare that the woman said: "This is America, you’re not supposed to be here."
The woman walked to a staff member wanting to complain.
"To walk up and down this driveway and onto the pier, they don’t need passes," the staff member said.
As the staff member calls a manager to assist, the woman turns to the filmer and says: "it’s not funny, do you want to kill me?"
"Is it because I’m black?" Campbell responded.
The woman responded yes to that question.
Campbell called the police, and they arrested her on battery charges.
"They charged a racist white woman today with battery after she racially profiled us," Campbell said.
