Shopper hurls wheelchair-bound man to the floor after ‘taking his disabled parking spot’

Jimmy Tiger was charged with attempted kidnapping and assault by means likely to produce great bodily harm. 

This is the moment a shopper threw a wheelchair-bound man to the floor after a dispute over a disabled parking spot.

Police say Jimmy Tiger is the suspect seen in security footage assaulting the man in a wheelchair at the counter of a Target store in Pleasant Hills, California on January 11.

Investigators said the victim confronted Tiger after he parked illegally in a disabled parking spot.

The victim then went inside the store and approached the customer service counter, but Tiger followed him and began arguing with him.

Tiger reportedly demanded the victim return to the parking lot and apologize to his wife about the conversation outside, but the victim refused – so Tiger tried to force him outside by pushing his wheelchair away from the counter, police said.

‘ Mr Tiger attempted to forcibly wheel the victim out of the store against his will, and when the victim resisted, Mr Tiger violently lifted the victim’s wheelchair from the side, throwing the victim down onto the floor,’ the Pleasant Hills Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

Tiger is then seen leaving the store as witnesses tended to the victim. One bystander reportedly gave police a partial license plate number for the suspect.

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The San Ramon Police Department arrested Tiger two days later and charged with attempted kidnapping and assault by means likely to produce great bodily harm.

Tiger pleaded not guilty last week. He is scheduled to be back in court on Thursday.

‘This case demonstrates the benefits we all experience when community members and law enforcement work together to find a quick resolution for cases such as this,’ Pleasant Hills police said, referring to the help investigators got from witnesses and the San Ramon Police Department.