Scottsdale man arrested, loses job over racist rant caught on camera
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12 News spoke with Ng off-camera Monday. He said he shouldn’t have said what he did. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A Scottsdale man is under fire after he used a racial slur and called himself a racist while confronting two Black men Friday morning. Records show Scottsdale Police arrested Paul Ng, who is now facing disorderly conduct charges. The arrest comes after a video of the incident went viral over the weekend. "It’s just so hard to kind of go back and replay," says 25-year-old YouTuber Dre Abram. Abram was the one who recorded the video. Abram says he and his roommate were out recording a podcast for his Youtube page on Main Street in Old Town Scottsdale. Paul Ng approached them on the sidewalk outside his condo. In the video, you can hear Ng say, "I’m a racist" and "this is a no n—- zone." "It’s a numbing feeling," says Abram. "Someone is seriously doing this to me right now? And at that point, it’s ‘be smart, be smart.’" Abram posted the video on his social media channels where it spread over the weekend. As of Monday evening, the post on Instagram had almost 182,000 views. "This isn’t okay," […]