The building manager of a Washington D.C. apartment building was captured on video pepper spraying a woman today who had come to his office to complain that residents’ efforts to organize a tenant’s group were being resisted, TV station WUSA9 reported.
Residents of the 1841 Columbia Road apartments have been “fed up” with management after it “routinely shut off the water multiple times,” WUSA9 reported. That prompted them to begin organizing a tenant’s association, which led to the encounter today.
“When tenant Christine Corbin went to the building's office to speak about the issue, she decided to record her interaction with the building manager," according to the report. "I'm not saying you actually did, but if you took the signs down about us forming a tenant association, that's illegal," the woman can be heard saying in a video shared with WUSA9.
“In the video, the resident tells the building manager that she sent an email about the issue and informed the management that the signs will be going back up," according to the report. "The manager can be heard telling the woman to leave the office several times, saying he's already received her email.”
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“The interaction takes a turn when the woman says the manager's name, at which point he can be seen grabbing his car keys before spraying the woman with pepper spray. The woman screams before yelling, "I just got pepper sprayed!"
A police report stated that “officers were called to the apartment building, to help the woman, who was taken to an area hospital for treatment,” WUSA9 reported. It added that “the building manager left before police arrived and has not been located as of 2:30 p.m. Friday. He would face a simple assault charge if caught.”
