A man who was caught on camera throwing a homeless man's belongings into a lake last week has been arrested.
The man, originally known only as "Jogger Joe," was spotted near Merritt Lake in Oakland, California on Friday, June 8. Several bystanders stopped to talk to him and protest as he angrily threw out a homeless man's things. A witness named JJ Harris stopped to take video of the incident.
Harris' video shows the shirtless jogger bending over to gather armfuls of a homeless man's belongings while a woman tells him to stop. "Jogger Joe" drags the belongings to a trash can and some of them are seen floating in the nearby lake.
"What are you doing with this stuff, man?" Harris is heard asking in the video.
"He threw it in the lake," the woman tells Harris. She and "Jogger Joe" get into a heated exchange. "I'm not taking any of it, he [the homeless man] can pick it up," "Jogger Joe" says. Harris films various objects floating in the water.
As the video continues, the argument gets more heated and other bystanders join in. One bystander begins cursing at the jogger.
Harris posted the video on Twitter on Saturday and it has gone viral. "Yesterday in Oakland jogger found throwing a peaceful homeless man's possessions in the Lake. What has this town come to?!" Harris wrote. He used the hashtag #JoggerJoe and the nickname caught on.
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Suspect arrested after jogger threw homeless man's belongings in lake - CBS News
The man, originally known only as "Jogger Joe," was spotted near Merritt Lake in Oakland, California on Friday, June 8. Several bystanders stopped to talk to him and protest as he angrily threw out a homeless man's things. A witness named JJ Harris stopped to take video of the incident.
Harris' video shows the shirtless jogger bending over to gather armfuls of a homeless man's belongings while a woman tells him to stop. "Jogger Joe" drags the belongings to a trash can and some of them are seen floating in the nearby lake.
"What are you doing with this stuff, man?" Harris is heard asking in the video.
"He threw it in the lake," the woman tells Harris. She and "Jogger Joe" get into a heated exchange. "I'm not taking any of it, he [the homeless man] can pick it up," "Jogger Joe" says. Harris films various objects floating in the water.
As the video continues, the argument gets more heated and other bystanders join in. One bystander begins cursing at the jogger.
Harris posted the video on Twitter on Saturday and it has gone viral. "Yesterday in Oakland jogger found throwing a peaceful homeless man's possessions in the Lake. What has this town come to?!" Harris wrote. He used the hashtag #JoggerJoe and the nickname caught on.
Read on plus the video.
Suspect arrested after jogger threw homeless man's belongings in lake - CBS News
