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Man cracking a whip and hurling abuse outside Chinese consulate DENIES it was racist
The man accused of cracking his whip and hurling abuse outside a Chinese consulate claims he was not being racist but just expressing his anger.
Raimond Kelly, 55, allegedly hurled abuse and threatened bystanders outside the Chinese consulate at Camperdown in Sydney’s inner-west on March 31.
He repeatedly cracked his stock whip and yelled anti-communist messages to members of the public waiting to enter the building.
Raimond Kelly, 55, (pictured) was arrested after an alleged stunt outside the Chinese consulate at Camperdown in Sydney’s inner-west on March 31
Mr Kelly said he was angry about what he perceived to be China’s role in the spread of the virus.
He said as a survivor of leukemia he had personal reasons to be upset as the bug can kill those with weakened immune systems, The Daily Telegraph reported.
‘I was just outraged by China’s denial and cover up, so I needed to let them know. Nothing I said was racist. My anger was politically motivated,’ Mr Kelly said.
‘I’ve always had a thing about standing up to bullies and I just wanted to stand in front of those security cameras and have them capture me saying “Hey Chinese Government, this is your fault, so get this up ya”.’
On the morning of March 31 Mr Kelly looked up the location of the consulate before jumping into his car at his home in Dee Why on Sydney’s northern beaches.
He parked 100m away from the consulate and made sure to position himself away from people but in the view of security cameras.
‘I was thinking “This is going to be a direct link to Beijing if I’m lucky”,’ he said.
Footage captured by a member of the public shows Mr Kelly, wearing an Akubra, and cracking the whip.
‘Death to communism! Wake up Australia! Wake up! No more s**t from China,’ he was filmed saying.
He yelled racial abuse at the people in the queue, saying they had deliberately spread the killer coronavirus around the world
‘I’ll put a bullet in the General Secretary’s head. I’m going to kill that leader of China. Filthy f**ing commies. Trying to take over the world. No more.’
In the video Mr Kelly is then seen turning to the queue of people at the building’s entrance and accuses them of spreading coronavirus.
‘We know it’s deliberate. Five million people left your country and spread that filthy f***king disease worldwide,’ he said.
‘You’re all wearing your masks and you know why you’re wearing your masks? You knew about it! I’m onto you. I know you deliberately released this virus.
Mr Kelly was filmed cracking a whip after exploding into a racist tirade outside the Chinese Consulate in Sydney
‘Wake up Australia! Be wise to these pr**ks.’
Mr Kelly claims he cracked the whip ‘about a dozen to 20 times’ during his tirade outside the building.
He said he used the whip as ‘punctuation’ when he was talking and made sure to purposely crack it onto the ground and not hurt anyone.
A security guard behind the razor wire and bollards threatened to call the police on Mr Kelly, which prompted him to go home.
He immediately drove to Dee Why Police station and reported himself to police but was told to go home.
After ten days he was tracked down to his home where he was arrested and taken to Manly Police station charged with stalking and intent to commit an indictable offence.
Mr Kelly had even posted on Facebook posing with the whip with the caption ‘I had a cracking good time at the Chinese Consulate’.
If he could do it again the 55-year-old says he would think about his words a little more and would not have ‘threatened to put a bullet in the general secretary’s head’.
He was granted bail on strict conditions and is due to appear at Manly Local Court on July 1.
The Chinese Embassy was seen closed with nobody in sight days after the act of racial abuse
Source: Daily Mail australia
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