A video of an ice hockey player at an American college pushing a disabled wheelchair down stairs at a bar has been released, causing outrage.
According to CNN on the 20th (local time), the US Mercyhurst University ice hockey team player and third-year student Carson Breer pushed down a wheelchair that was standing in a bar on the 11th. was filmed on
In the video, Breer giggles with two fellow players after seeing a wheelchair on the second floor. He sits down and looks at it, then gets up and pushes the wheelchair with one hand. The wheelchair tumbled down the stairs and broke. It is known that the wheelchair was put up for a while by a woman to go to the bathroom.
Twitter captureThis video earned so many netizens’ anger that it exceeded 13 million views within a week of being uploaded. The netizen who shared the video on Twitter also said, “I usually don’t post serious posts on Twitter, but I have to tell you what happened last Saturday.” “The player in the video will not be able to escape from this.”
As he was revealed to be the son of Daniel Breer, an ice hockey player who made a name for himself in the North American Ice Hockey League (NHL), the arrows of criticism focused on his father. Daniel Brier said in a statement that he was “shocked to see his son’s actions” and “I can never forgive him. This is completely against our family value of ‘respect’.” At the same time, he emphasized, “I will make my son responsible for this incident himself.”
Brier said in a statement released by the university that “there is no excuse for my rash behavior.” Mercyhurst University said, “Brier’s actions in the video harmed the unique dignity of each person,” but said, “Please give the student who makes the wrong choice a chance to atone.” The team said, “Not only Brier, but also two other players in the video were temporarily banned from participating.”
Even after the announcement of the statement, the controversy did not disappear. It is not a sincere apology in that Brier did not directly apologize to the owner, and expressed his position through the school. Netizens responded with comments such as “Did he cover up his father because he is a famous player?” and “What actions can he show atonement for?”
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