A New Jersey man who was captured on video verbally attacking a neighbor with racist slurs, before reading his address and challenging the neighbor to “come see me,” was arrested in front of a crowd that showed up at his home to call him out.
The videos of the Friday altercation, which run for more than six minutes, show Edward Cagney Mathews, yelling racist slurs at his Black neighbor and pushing up against him with his chest.
Edwards appears to call the neighbor a slur, and at one point says, “Learn your laws… it’s not Africa.”
The neighbor responded that he was born in America.
Minutes into the altercation Mathews looks at the camera and reads off his address, before saying “come f—ing see me” and “bring whoever.”
Videos of the rant received hundreds of thousands of views on Twitter.
On Monday, three days after the altercation, protesters began arriving at the address Mathews yelled in the video, chanting “We want Edward!” and “Come outside,” according to multiple reports.
Within hours, the crowd outside Mathews’s home increased to more than 100 people. The protesters cheered as Mathews was taken into custody on Monday evening, according to footage posted to Twitter.
The video shows police clearing a path through the crowd of protesters to bring Mathews, who was handcuffed, into a police car.
Watch the videos below:
— um going to jail (@Deniciosoo) July 5, 2021
Protesters chanting outside the home of Edward Matthews, the South Jersey man captured on video in a racist rant. They just set up a speaker in front of his home. Looks like they plan to be here for awhile. Follow story @PhillyInquirer pic.twitter.com/MSplRgRPRl
— Melanie Burney (@MLBURNEY) July 5, 2021
Police take Edward Matthews of Mount Laurel, NJ into custody to face additional charges in a racist rant caught on video. pic.twitter.com/NScSHD73sc
— Melanie Burney (@MLBURNEY) July 5, 2021