WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Rahul Dubey emerged as an overnight hero in the US after he opened doors to people, who were protesting against George Floyd death, after a tear gas attack by police in Washington D.C on June 1 night.
According to a report by The New York Times, Dubey, who works in health care, opened the door as soon as he heard the flash bang and the thudding of shields and called for people to come in. A “tsunami” of demonstrators came barreling through his front door seeking shelter, he said, and protesters began scattering to all three floors of his home.
Dubey told CNN affiliate WJLA that he was on his stoop and had let some of the protesters charge their phones inside and use his bathroom before police moved in. “There was a big bang and there was spray that my eyes started burning, screaming like I’ve never heard before, and I’ve described it as a ‘human tsunami’ is the best I could see for about a quarter of a block coming down the street,” he told WJLA.
He said he was yelling “get in, get into the house” for about 10 minutes. Dubey told WJLA that about 70 protesters got inside and it was “pandemonium and mayhem” for about an hour and a half while they tried to settle in and help people who’d been pepper sprayed. The protesters left Dubey’s home when the district’s new curfew ended at 6 am.
The incident has turned Dubey into a local hero with a massive outpouring of praise on social media. He, however, told The New York Times, he does not think what he did was anything special. “If it is, we have a ton of work to do in this country”, he said.
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