In the foyer of a tower block in Notting Hill, an incredible altercation occurs between an employee of Amazon and a building manager who is confined to a wheelchair.
Ramin Razzaghi, who is in a wheelchair due to a workplace injury, was left traumatised by the incident, which was caught on the residential building’s CCTV cameras on February 15.
Fighting back tears, he told MailOnline: ‘I have been left emotionally, physically, and mentally drained. I have injured my ribs and my jaw. I just ask myself, “Why?”.
In footage obtained by MailOnline, Mr Razzaghi is seen confronting the Amazon worker at 112 Notting Hill Gate in west London because he often ‘leaves parcels wherever he wants’.
The delivery man is then seen trying to exit the premises after placing his packages on the reception desk, but Mr Razzaghi in his wheelchair is pursuing him.
The delivery guy tries to escape while Mr Razzaghi tries to pull the worker back, and the building manager is pulled from his wheelchair.
The building manager is seen punching out in an attempt to defend himself, but he ultimately falls to the ground beside the Amazon employee.
Mr Razzaghi, who is lying on the ground outside of his wheelchair, anxiously clings to the legs of the Amazon employee as the delivery man tries to exit the building, and the two of them make it outside onto the street.
At this moment, a second man shows up and gives Mr Razzaghi a forceful blow to the head in an attempt to rip him off the Amazon employee. In graphic footage, he then repeatedly strikes Mr Razzaghi’s face while he lies defenceless on the ground.
After that, the Amazon employee returns to the tower block to retrieve a few of the things he left behind during the confrontation.
Speaking to MailOnline about the shocking incident, Mr Razzaghi explained: ‘The Amazon worker is a reoccurring deliveryman that comes very often. The problem with him is that he always leaves the parcels wherever he wants—on the floor or by the door.
‘This time when he came, I was outside the building with my niece. I stopped the man before he came in and asked him, “Could you please take the parcels up to the individual doors?”.’
‘The man nicely agreed to this, and I then let him in the two front doors of the building. Suddenly, as you can see on the CCTV, he left the parcels in the lobby and threw them onto the desk. I then tried to stop the postman by grabbing his bag, and I told him, “Give me your bag now” so I can put the parcels back’.
‘Next thing, he threw the bag into my face and walked out swearing. He was super arrogant and had a bad mouth on him.
‘He then tried to get me off him but I told him “You know what I will hold you here and call the police”.
‘As soon as I said that, he became aggressive. The only thing I could do is hold onto his legs to stop him from leaving.
‘The conversation dragged outside, and I was still holding onto his legs. Someone came up behind me and tried pulling me off. I thought he just wanted to separate me from the Amazon worker but as soon as I let go, this man started beating me up on the floor.
‘I do not know this person.’
Amazon and the Met Police were contacted for comment.
Because he thought the delivery driver ought to have delivered the packages to people’s doors, the man in the wheelchair harassed the driver, even though he shouldn’t have.
Deliveries that are not fit for a mailbox should be made in person; however, as delivery drivers have deadlines to meet, this isn’t always feasible.
There should be a concierge and security on the door if there is violence occurring in these kinds of units.
It was not the wheelchair man’s responsibility to interrogate the driver. For a while now, there had been an issue with the delivery from Amazon, and they need to have been questioned about the driver’s actions and his deliveries.
It was inappropriate for the man in the wheelchair to confront the driver. The man in the wheelchair was always going to look bad, especially after onlookers from outside the building intervened and began pounding him in the face. We have not gone far from the bygone era when people used to watch as individuals were hanged, drawn, and quartered as a spectator sport; the police should have been summoned, but all I saw were people standing around in amazement.
Since it is illegal to hold someone for a crime unless you are making a citizen’s arrest, the unfortunate person should have left well alone and complained to Amazon instead of using his authority to carry out this detention.
The guy in the wheelchair might have started the fracas, but he certainly didn’t finish it, and the bystanders outside watching it should be ashamed of themselves. What, are we making kicking the shit out of someone a national sport – next we’ll be seeing it at the Olympics!
Of course, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that the wheelchair man attacked the driver, but he also didn’t deserve to be kicked and punched in the head either.
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