Clip catches mayor yelling at teen
Updated: Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009, 10:48 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009, 9:40 PM EDT
TOLEDO, Ohio - A video clip posted on YouTube.com is making the rounds on social networking Web sites allegedly showing Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner scolding a teenager at Highland Park in the city's south end.
The 90-second edited clip, posted June 3 on the abchoward's profile on YouTube.com, shows Mayor Finkbeiner allegedly calling a kid "fatso" ( click here to see the YouTube clip; WARNING, clip contains vulgar language).
According to the person who posted the clip, Mr. Finkbeiner was walking in Highland Park and saw some kids fighting, so he went to break it up.
When reached, Mayor Finkbeiner's spokesperson Megan Robson said he was walking around Highland Park about two or three weeks ago and noticed a fight between a group of teenagers.
Mr. Finkbeiner saw the scuffle as a highly charged situation and took decisive action to diffuse it.
Robson told FOX Toledo News Mr. Finkbeiner didn't want the apparent scuffle to get out of hand, so he tried to resolve it. He used that tone of language as his way to diffuse the situation, she said.
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