On Sunday night, a French guy who sometimes volunteers as a dishwasher at Carnegie Center in exchange for food vouchers, got into an argument with Anthony, a kitchen supervisor and CUPE member.
The French guy was heard yelling near the cash register while buying soup. He then walked into the larger cafeteria area which was crowded with people sitting at tables eating their dinner. it was roughly 6:30 p.m.
Security guards, all CUPE members, were already in the cafeteria. It is possible that Anthony had called them when the argument started. Carnegie staff are quick to call security when an argument erupts.
The French guy threw his ceramic bowl of soup at Phil, a veteran security guard. There was soup on the floor, spread across the length of the room. Phil and a new security guard grabbed the guy. Phil called John, a security guard who was in an adjacent dining area, to come and help.
The three guards held the French guy down. One was holding his legs, one his arms, one his shoulders. A witness said, "It was like everybody was remembering the tasering [death] at the airport and they made sure to give this guy space to breath."
Security called Vancouver Police who arrived in less than 5 minutes and put handcuffs on the guy.
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3 comments:
All the fits that's news to print: the soup con. That's soup, son.
Sounds like the "Soup Nazi" of Seinfeld fame.
Did anyone else see the Warhol retrospective of 57 bowls of Campbell's soup thrown on a silkscreen? I found it refreshingly free of cliches of the post-modernist meta-narrative, myself. The beans were a bit crusty, though.
Oh, tazer me, then! Jeez.
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