Congolese Man Pinned Down By Multiple Guards UNALIVES On Dublin Street Over Shoplifting Accusation

Añadido: 2026-06-09

[00:00:02]Hey A D N C family. I hope all is well.

[00:00:06]It is Tuesday. Happy Tuesday. Not so happy subject that we're going to be talking about today, but nevertheless, we got to talk about it. We got to talk about this young man, Eve Salika, who was on a live by Irish security guards in Dublin, Ireland, okay?

[00:00:31]Um and we're going to talk about this because this was very much a George Floyd-like execution that took place with this black man because he apparently stole something, okay?

[00:00:49]People steal things. It happens.

[00:00:52]There's a whole process, but when it comes to black people, the process doesn't apply. They just create their own way of doing things, their own process. And in this case, this young man was on a live by a group of security guards, okay? Outside the store. The store is called Arnotts, and it's on Henry Street in Dublin, Ireland. I'm going to play the video and we'll talk about it further.

[00:01:40]>> [music] >> It make me feel bad. I couldn't sleep at night.

[00:01:45]It make me I I just keep watching it time of >> So, as you can see, you've got all of these guards around him, all these security guards. You got these two people standing by. Is this not very similar to what happened with George Floyd? You had like the police officer standing by and then you had a one on his back, one on his neck, etc. etc. Same thing. Just a different part of the world. Okay?

[00:02:14]So, these security guards are all of them one of them is putting his entire weight on on this man. Like Anyhow.

[00:02:24]Very very eerily George Floyd-ish. Okay? Let us keep going.

[00:02:35]Do you see the way he's putting his weight and for just so you know brothers and sisters, at this point we know we have to blur it out, but you got the basic idea and you see that arrow pointing towards this one here put and he's not a small man. Big man. Putting all of his weight on this man.

[00:02:56]>> [music] >> It make me feel bad. I couldn't sleep at night.

[00:03:03]It make me I just re-watching it time over time. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. It's just like a nightmare. [music] I I was trying to think, why? Why? This excessive force. Why?

[00:03:16]>> That's what I want to know. Why this excessive force? And we're going to talk about the process when somebody steals in a department store. And we'll also just talk about the entire case because this happened in May. We're now into June and still no consequences for these actions. Okay?

[00:03:44]>> [music] >> The fact that he was stealing the few law shops is a threat thing to do.

[00:03:53]It is awful and I think we are we we are so we're really racist.

[00:04:00]>> Did you hear what she said? She said we're really racist. So, even if he was shoplifting, which by the way, they said that he was accused of it. He's suspected to shoplift, but do we have proof that he did? You know, when it comes to black people, you are convicted before you even get a chance to be innocent, okay?

[00:04:25]So, this woman, who's one of the folks, just straightening up saying it, we are racist.

[00:04:31]>> I saw colleagues doing that and I advised my advertiser.

[00:04:36]>> Silence!

[00:04:37]>> [cheering] >> No more silence!

[00:04:44]>> They got a whole George Floyd here now.

[00:04:46]>> Ireland. It's not for children.

[00:04:47]>> You see this in um you see this in sorts of American things like that.

[00:04:53]>> She said you don't see this in Ireland, you see it in America.

[00:04:58]>> [laughter] >> Well, clearly uh madam, it does happen in Ireland. It just happened to Eve.

[00:05:05]>> We call this a George George Floyd moment because it happened the same situation, same incident.

[00:05:13]I can't believe it happened in America in 2020 and then happened in Ireland in 2020.

[00:05:17]>> You look at that video, it literally is like a re-enactment of what happened to George George Floyd.

[00:05:27]>> Take responsibility.

[00:05:29]Take the anger.

[00:05:35]>> All right, so let me tell you a little bit about Eve. Eve was is from the Congo, Congolese man, who moved to Ireland in 2004 and essentially grew up there. So, it's over 20 years. He's 35, so around 15 or less than 15 years old he was in Ireland.

[00:05:56]Apparently, there's a Congolese community in Ireland. Who knew? Why? I have no idea. It still mystifies me what black people are doing in these countries. It really It really I don't understand. But anyhow, he was an IT pro. He's an IT pro. He fell on some hard times, apparently, and he fell into some homelessness.

[00:06:19]And they said they say, apparently, allegedly, he was stealing from the fragrance department in this department store called Arnotts, which again I said is on Henry Street in Ireland.

[00:06:33]And on his way out, I guess they were chasing him and he ended up injuring an 80-year-old man.

[00:06:41]So, then they got him outside and then we saw what happened to him outside. My thing is this, I used to work in a department store, so I'm about to date myself. In Ontario, there used to be a department store called Eaton's. And I worked at Eaton's, so to my Ontario peeps, they will probably know what I'm saying when I say Eaton's. And then then from there I was working at Simpson's and then The Bay.

[00:07:05]So, those are all like the big department stores. And I worked in the ladies accessories department. That was my thing. But then I got promoted to loss prevention. And so, when you are stealing something, loss and prevention, which is the department I worked in, we would peep you out. We'd see you on camera and then before you leave the store, we will get you right there at the store.

[00:07:29]Uh before you leave the store, we'll get you before you leave the store. And there's a whole process. But before we go into the whole process, I just want to say, you know, this is obviously a clear-cut case of anti-black racism because that's not the process when somebody steals and that wouldn't have been the process if it was one of the folks that stole something, okay? People steal all the time. It's a thing that happens. And like I said, with that there's a process. So, now the fact that this is what happened to this man over a suspected theft, 100% anti-black racist thing that took place, okay?

[00:08:09]All they needed to do was pick up the man and escort him back in and if you saw it on camera, whatever, there's a process. Again, there's a process. So, let's just talk a little bit about this whole case.

[00:08:22]So, George Sakala, a 35-year-old Congolese-born man, who was unalived after being restrained by multiple security guards. We know that. According to reports, Sakala was suspected of shoplifting from Arnotts, uh a major department store located on Henry Street in Central Dublin on May 15th. The incident began after George Sakala was accused of shoplifting from the store's fragrance perfume section before being pursued and restrained by security personnel outside the store.

[00:08:53]Witnesses reported hearing Sakala cry out that he could not breathe. Sound familiar?

[00:09:00]Uh before he became unresponsive.

[00:09:03]Emergency responders transported him to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The incident has sparked widespread protests across Ireland with hundreds taking to the streets demanding justice and accountability. Many demonstrations or demonstrators have drawn comparisons to what happened to George Floyd. We talked about that, too. Sakala's family says they are devastated and want answers.

[00:09:33]Their legal team has reportedly submitted dozens of questions to the investigators and has requested access to surveillance footage.

[00:09:43]That's what we really want. We want to see the footage you suspect he stole. He was accused of stealing. It could have very well been the whole prejudice thing that happens when a black person comes into a department store that's supposed to be high-end and then somebody lies, a Karen or a Brad. We need to see the footage. Let us see that he stole something. That's part of the process, right? You shouldn't have to get a dozen and dozens of questions to see the footage. It should have happened right there on the spot.

[00:10:17]All right, so uh the family also retained an independent pathologist to review the circumstances surrounding his unaliveness. And the reason why they're doing that is because they're trying to say that it wasn't he didn't get on he wasn't unalived based on what they did, which I mean, come on. It's the same kind of nonsense they were trying to say about George Floyd. Oh, he had a heart condition. He was on drugs, blah blah blah. It wasn't the police that did it.

[00:10:46]Give me a break. But, I'm glad that they're doing that because they're covering their behinds because we know that's where it's going. We know that's where it's going.

[00:10:56]Uh the case has now attracted international attention. Officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have become involved. Yay. With the country's foreign minister traveling to Dublin to meet with authorities and members of Sekela's family. Congolese officials have called for a full, transparent, and independent investigation. Applause, applause. As of now, Irish authorities have not released a final cause of death. Investigators are awaiting additional forensic and toxicology results, and no criminal charges have been announced.

[00:11:35]We're waiting.

[00:11:38]So, the case continues to raise serious questions about the use of force by private security personnel.

[00:11:45]All right. So, I don't need to go into all of that. We know we want more answers. We want to know what happened here. I'm so sick and tired of this. I am so sick and tired of us as black people, no no matter where we are in the globe. And that's another thing. Let me just make a side note here when it comes to black people. So, as you can see, this man is from the Congo. He's from the continent. But guess what? He walked into that department store, whether he stole or not, at the end of the day, the way he was treated, he was treated as a black man. It didn't matter where he came from. And that's my whole point when I'm talking about We could be African, you could be Caribbean, you could be black American.

[00:12:32]As you walk into these spaces on around this globe, all they see is a black person. So, how they react or how they treat you, they're treating you that way based on the color of your skin, not your ethnicity, not your nationality, not your none of that. Black. They see black first. Period. And that's what happened here.

[00:12:57]So, now, let's talk about the actual process. What happens when you actually steal? As I said, I was a loss prevention officer. And so so the first thing they do is they it's observation and confirmation. So, store security or loss prevention um staff, they monitor the activity through CCTV, right? Uh on the floor surveillance or reports, right? And then that's when So, after you see, you have to see it first. You got to have proof, right? Then after that, the security guard will approach. So, the security officer may approach, right, the individual in a calm and professional manner. That is true. I know people um that worked with me in loss prevention, and when they came at the person aggressively, they would end up getting harmed. So, you got to come with a calm manner. Calm and professional manner, right? Um so, then you you escort them to a private area, and that's if approved. So, you do you take And sometimes you people in the store will see you escorting them. You hold them by their arm, and you escort them, right? Uh to a private area. Then you review what happened, you know, and then you recover the merchandise, you document you document the incident, and you preserve the CCTV footage.

[00:14:26]And then Gardai, which is the Irish police, they may or may not be contacted depending on what it hap- what happens.

[00:14:33]Um and you know, if the store wants to make a a formal complaint, they do all of that. So, this these are the steps.

[00:14:40]And then um the Gardai police, they will handle the legal process. And then here are the steps for that. Um and then safety and protocol response. So, there's These are the steps. I just don't want to like bore you with reading the entire thing. But these are the steps. These are the steps that happen, all right? That's the process when somebody steals. That is the process.

[00:15:05]What happened just now? That's not the process. Just like what happened to George Floyd, that's not the process, all right? So, we know what happened here. We know what happened here. This is a black man, period. This is a black man who they were probably watching when he came into the store because he's black, period. Um again, without them submitting the footage, we don't know for sure that he stole anything.

[00:15:34]We're just going off of suspected or accused of.

[00:15:38]And even if that's true, what happened outside that store was not the right process. What happened outside that store is a direct result of anti-black racism.

[00:15:55]Why we as black people, whether you're on the continent, whether you're in the United States, whether you're in Canada, whether you are in the Caribbean, wherever you are, why we choose to go to these countries and live there is beyond.

[00:16:18]You as somebody that's from the Congo, that would never happen to you if you stole something in the Congo. If you stole something on the continent, that would never happen to you on the black as a black person uh ever.

[00:16:36]But outside of the continent and outside of the Caribbean, outside of places like that, this is how we're treated. And yeah, I get you, Kevin, when you say don't steal. I agree. Don't steal. But they still haven't confirmed that he actually stole something.

[00:16:53]They've been asked to show footage and they're not producing the the evidence.

[00:16:57]This happened on May 15th. It's now June 2nd. Where's the evidence that he stole something?

[00:17:03]We're still waiting. It shouldn't take that long.

[00:17:06]It really shouldn't. You shouldn't have to send dozens of questions and and dozens of requests for the footage.

[00:17:12]Especially the the lawyers.

[00:17:15]So, we need to know what happened here.

[00:17:19]And uh we need to stay out of these countries, seriously. I mean, I don't know how many uh stories like this have to happen to black people, whether it's in Ireland or Scotland or Germany or Russia, even if you speak the language in China. All of these things keep happening to us. We're being followed. We already have to deal with it in North America. Why are we going all the way to another country to deal with it? Why would we do this to ourselves?

[00:17:50]Right? If you're going to fall on hard times and all the other stuff, go home.

[00:17:56]Go home.

[00:17:57]Go home and work on whatever's going on in your country on the continent. Do not stay and suffer. And if indeed he did was you know, suffering to that extent where he felt like he had to go to the fragrance counter and steal, I still don't understand that. As a homeless person, that's usually not the go-to to go steal some cologne. You know what I mean? So, I just find it interesting that that's what he's being accused of, which again begs the question. Did he actually steal something? We still don't know. And I I I'm I'm really side-eyeing that. I really am.

[00:18:41]Let's see what you all are saying. Hey Aubrey, how you doing?

[00:18:45]Uh so, you said now uh now Ireland?

[00:18:48]Yeah. Oh, you were thinking about moving there? Hmm. Well, you might want to rethink it. Hey Buckhorse, how you doing?

[00:18:56]Um so, God God love Hamadi, you said, "Stealing our minerals." Uh-huh. "On trillions." Yeah, exactly. The colonization is real and you have the nerve to be taking lives of black people. Um who are the bigger thieves?

[00:19:13]Hey Buckhorse, you're saying we should blame it on Joe Biden and Trump?

[00:19:19]Ah.

[00:19:20]Yeah.

[00:19:21]Hey McQueen, how you doing? It hurts, right? It really, really hurts. I agree with you, Buckhorse. Yes, Eatons. It was called Eatons. It was named after Timothy Eaton. So, if you want to know the history of Timothy Eaton, check it out.

[00:19:37]It's no longer though. Eaton Sims, they're no longer a thing. So, that's why I said I'm dating myself cuz this was back in the '80s and the early '90s. That's when I was working there.

[00:19:50]Yes, Buckhorse. Black power.

[00:19:53]Um Exactly, it's over a billion. Exactly, on the continent.

[00:20:01]And it's really, you know what, Buckhorse, it's not really even that many people that leave the continent.

[00:20:05]It's only like 1.5% of people leave the continent.

[00:20:09]And and go to the Like, I just don't understand Ireland as the choice, but you know, it's really sad that this man had to lose his life over some potential cologne or perfume.

[00:20:21]That that's just It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And you know, they need to hurry up and get that information for us because I always I always side eye the stalling.

[00:20:32]It's stall tactics because do you really have any evidence of it? And what does that mean if there is no evidence of this man stealing? What does that mean for all those security guards that are responsible for taking this man's life?

[00:20:45]What does that mean for you not following the process that happens with loss and prevention or a store security when somebody steals something.

[00:20:55]What happened? It you know, all of those questions and that store Arnotts, which is like some big-time department store in Dublin, is going to have some smoke coming its way. And so, let's not stall, please. Because when you stall, then I get worried about tampering with the evidence. I get worried about all of those things. And then the next thing you know, it's some doctored version of what happened. Yeah, we need to really lean on them and make sure they get that evidence out like ASAP.

[00:21:29]McQueen, you said I'm so tired of black people being treated. I agree.

[00:21:35]Yes, I heard about the Asian man in the 14-year-old. I'm sick and tired of it as well. So sick and tired of it. It's it's a glaring difference in the way that we are treated. It's like when it comes to black people, all processes go out the window.

[00:21:51]And what we're supposed to do, like even with police, de-escalation uh skills are gone. Right? So, if it's somebody with a mental health crisis, they end up deceased. And then if somebody is stealing something, all of a sudden, all processes seem to just disappear from their minds. And all they see is a black person. And all of a sudden, all rules are gone, all protocols are gone, and we are treated totally differently.

[00:22:20]For something that I'm pretty sure that's not the first time somebody stole something from Arnott's, right? And I'm pretty sure people that look like them have stolen from that store.

[00:22:32]We're not seeing that that's just not the outcome for them. I am pretty sure that E- Saquille is not the only person that's ever stole or tried to steal something from that store, right? And by the way, while they had him on the ground and everything else, where's the cologne? Where's the evidence of whatever it is he took? I didn't see that. Did you all? I'm still not seeing it, not in any of the news reports. Usually they will like show evidence, right? Of why they did what they did. I mean, the tangible evidence, not looking at a camera. I don't see any cologne, no perfume, no fragrances.

[00:23:11]So, you know, I I'm I'm leaning more on the side of he didn't steal nothing. I'm leaning more on the side of he was accused of something.

[00:23:20]Yes, I agree with you, Shalom Elaine. I agree with you, McQueen, because God doesn't sleep. God does not sleep.

[00:23:28]Um McQueen, you said you staying where you are. Yep, your ancestors built That's right. Stay right there.

[00:23:37]Um Let's see.

[00:23:41]Um Hassan Albi, you said uh no man should be unalived over a misdemeanor such as shoplifting. Yep. And there isn't enough evidence to prove he was shoplifting. Exactly. Exactly.

[00:23:57]Um Louise, you said I agree. Work on your own countries. Yes, why go elsewhere and be treated like Exactly.

[00:24:06]Stay in your countries and protect your resources.

[00:24:09]Exactly. And And I get it. Sometimes people feel like, okay, maybe they feel like they're not advancing where they are, so they decide they want to go, you know, somewhere else and see if they can make a better life for themselves. I I understand all of that. My thing is, Ireland?

[00:24:27]I really want to understand to the Congolese community, why Ireland?

[00:24:34]I I'm Mhm. No, I'm good. I'm good because at the end of the day, like I said, and I'll say it moreover, that's not the first time somebody has stolen from Arnott's. It will not be the last time somebody has stolen from Arnott's. And I guarantee you that if it was one of their lucky charms that had stolen something or was accused of stealing something, he would not have been treated that way. There wouldn't have been 50,000 guards around him with them putting all of their force and knees and foot and hands on the man.

[00:25:09]They wouldn't have done that on their lucky charm. They just wouldn't have.

[00:25:14]They would not have done it on their frosted lucky charm.

[00:25:22]Yeah, silverback. I heard about that, too.

[00:25:28]So, you're saying why didn't he cooperate? I mean, they had him down.

[00:25:31]So, it's not like What What more he wasn't resisting. He was telling them he couldn't breathe. So, I mean, at this point I'm pretty sure if they would have just got off of him, he would not have been uncooperative, right? So, uh you know, and maybe again, maybe cuz this is all guesswork because they're not giving us the evidence, but maybe he was running because he was afraid that somebody had accused him of something and he was afraid for his life. We all know that there many black men or or even women that have ran from police officers and stuff cuz they're afraid, not because they're guilty of something. And then what happens? A bullet in their back or something. So, he may He may not have even been accused He may not even done anything. This could just be a false accusation, but his reaction was I'm running for my life. It's fight or flight, right?

[00:26:28]Of course, he said Yeah, and right. Wrong is wrong. And so, you know, I'm I I once again, I'm keeping my eye on this because I really want to know um what happened here. I really want to know Did he actually steal anything? I really want to know um Do they have footage of him anything?

[00:26:53]Where's the evidence? I really want to know when they had him all pinned down.

[00:26:58]I think I all I saw was a whole bunch of guards around him, but I'm not seeing anybody searching his pockets or taking anything out of his pockets. Where's the evidence? We want answers and his family wants answers.

[00:27:11]The man's been there since 2004.

[00:27:15]We want answers.

[00:27:22]Uh Miss Conna Cognita, you said um Miss Incognito, you said no one should be unalive simply for not cooperating.

[00:27:31]Yep.

[00:27:32]Yep, whoever it was that said, "Why didn't you cooperate?" I hope you and your Oh, oh. Yeah, it's it's it's it's literally not It's not about not cooperating, right? Because again, there's been people that have ran away that look like them. As I said, their frosted lucky charm has probably ran away, has probably done all of the things that this this brother did, uh but that's not the outcome. That's not the outcome. Because again, there's a whole process. There's a whole process. This is the normal process for when you are shoplifting in a store.

[00:28:10]So, they didn't follow the process.

[00:28:13]Because again, when it comes to black people, it's like all they see is black.

[00:28:18]And processes be damned, no longer a thing, and they just do whatever they go rogue, and they do whatever they want to do.

[00:28:28]Whatever they want to do.

[00:28:31]And then now it's going to be the complexion for the protection. We're going to be covering things up. We're stalling. We're not giving the information. We're not giving the footage. We're not doing anything. And uh May 15th, we're, you know, 2 weeks over 2 weeks now.

[00:28:49]Where's the footage?

[00:28:51]And the longer it takes for them to submit the footage, the more suspicious I am because if they really had nothing to hide, if they really feel very confident in what they saw and that this man stole something, then lickety-split, you should have submitted that information for us to all see, or at least for the lawyers and and uh police and all of that to see. But, you know what? You heard the the elderly woman in the video. She said, "We're racist here in Ireland. We're racist."

[00:29:25]And yes, but of course, I agree with you. We want receipts and we want an anti-black hate crime bill everywhere.

[00:29:33]Everywhere.

[00:29:35]I'm so sick of this.

[00:29:36]I'm so sick of this and I'm very disheartened. You know, rest in peace to Eve Sakala and to his family. You know, our condolences is big time. You know, it's This is not okay and we're You know, I remember when um when this happened to George Floyd and I remember all the protests around the world and everybody was feeling like, "Oh my gosh, we're we're we're finally getting to a place where things are going to be better for black people." All these people were so hopeful because they saw the the global outrage and the global support and all of that good stuff. Uh And I You know what I was saying, family? I was saying, "Oh, no, it's not. That's just a moment in time." And guess what? Has anything changed yet?

[00:30:25]No. You know why it hasn't changed?

[00:30:28]Because we don't have a bill. We don't have a hate crime bill. We don't have a system where we have real repercussions, real consequences for these actions.

[00:30:40]And until that starts happening, we're not going to see any change. We're going to see more and more of these rogue officers and security officers like Brad the mall cop, like these ones here that'll be doing that. And again, won't do it to their frosted Lucky Charm.

[00:30:59]So, I'll keep my good eye on this family. I really, really, truly will because I really want to see this through and see what happens here and make sure that whoever is re-involved right down to Arnotts Department Store and your staff and everybody else, everybody needs to be charged.

[00:31:20]Everybody.

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