Man threatened by Zambelli denies pushing: "I argued with her as a black citizen"
"This situation was extreme. I thought about my mother, who is alone. I'm Black, from the periphery, from the east side of São Paulo. I thought a lot about my girlfriend and my life," the journalist confided.
247 - The journalist Luan Araújo, who was threatened by Bolsonaro supporter congresswoman Carla Zambelli (PL) with a gun this Saturday (29) in São PauloHe denied the version of events in which he claimed he had pushed her and stated that he argued with her "not as someone from the PT [Workers' Party], but as an ordinary black citizen," in interview to Folha de S. Paulo.
Araújo reports that I was returning from a baby shower with friends. when he saw Zambelli asking a bar receptionist for votes for Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos). The journalist then provoked the congresswoman, and the argument began.
As tempers flared, he said "I love you, Spanish woman," referring to a statement made by Senator Omar Aziz (PSD-AM) during a discussion with the congresswoman at the Covid CPI. This phrase was an allusion to Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) suspicion that Zambelli had worked as a prostitute while in Spain.
After this provocation, the pro-Bolsonaro congresswoman drew her weapon and began chasing Araújo, even firing a shot. "I was really scared and started running because I began to fear—not being arrested, because they aren't police officers, but for my life. I heard a shot and I don't know if it passed close to my leg, but I felt the bullet coming close. And I ran out of the bar. They tried to put me on the ground, as if they were police officers," the journalist reported.
"I said, 'You're not a police officer, I'm not going to lie on the ground for you.' Then a huge argument started and she said she was going to call the police," he added. He ended up apologizing so he could be released by his intimidators.
"The scare I had today was enormous. I thought about my mother, who is alone. I'm Black, I'm from the periphery, from the east side of São Paulo. I thought a lot about my girlfriend. I thought a lot about my life, and I think we're in an extreme situation, it's not a normal situation. It's not a healthy situation."
Finally, Araújo denied acting on behalf of the PT or any authority: "It was me, as a Black citizen, who argued with her. It wasn't anyone else, it wasn't the PT. It was me, an ordinary citizen."
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