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“I Hope My 13-Year-Old Son Grows Up As Amazing As They Are”: D.C. Man Opened Door To Protect Protesters

“It was a human tsunami,” Dubey said. “I was hanging on my railing yelling, ‘Get in the house! Get in the house!’”
  • By Bien Luigi
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  • June 2, 2020
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A Washington, D.C., man is receiving praise for thinking the people he helped are the real heroes as he opened his home to protesters so they could escape arrest.

“I hope that my 13-year-old son grows up to be just as amazing as they are,” Rahul Dubey, 44, told ABC news channel WJLA Tuesday after nearly 70 protesters left his home as the city’s curfew lifted at 6 a.m.

"I hope that my 13-year-old son grows up to be just as amazing as they are."

Rahul Dubey opened his home to nearly 70 strangers overnight and sheltered them during D.C.'s curfew. He says our country needs people like THEM.

FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/hucxiraHk9 pic.twitter.com/BKFMsTsSgk

— 7News DC (@7NewsDC) June 2, 2020

It’s not clear there is any good way for this to end. Protesters are totally boxed in with nowhere to go. pic.twitter.com/1mxnbWVdgt

— Stephanie Mencimer (@smencimer) June 2, 2020

Pushing protesters with their shields and spraying gas, the police surged forward after a 15-minute standoff.

“It was a human tsunami,” Dubey told the paper. “I was hanging on my railing yelling, ‘Get in the house! Get in the house!’”

He opened his door, and protesters raced in. He gave them milk to wash out their eyes, and let them spend the night — despite police attempting several times to coax the group outside to be arrested, according to protesters who spoke to local D.C. news station WUSA9.

They shot mace at peaceful protesters is a residential neighborhood. The man who took us in is named Rahul Dubey. He gave us business cards in case they try to say we broke in. pic.twitter.com/gKzmrvCa75

— Meka (@MekaFromThe703) June 2, 2020

Dubey can also be heard saying in a video posted widely to Twitter that police “shot tear gas through the window” of his home. He also said that police “put me up against a wall” for about 15 seconds when he tried to get to his home earlier that evening.

“How were you able to get home if they were holding you?” a protester recording the video asks him.

“Because I’m not Black,” he responds.

https://twitter.com/suckmyunicornD/status/1267767217392934917

Although many would see his actions as brave, Dubey doesn’t think he did “anything special.”

“I know most people would’ve flung open that door.” he said.

He said that he doesn’t think he did “anything special.” He added to the news channel that he feels the nation is lost and very fragile.. so he decided to help because no one is doing anything about it, except for these people.

I'm proud of him actually 💗🙏

— enami (@jisun9022) June 2, 2020

He continued by describing what the protesters were doing while staying in his home:

“[The protesters] lead with love, and when you lead with love, the country is exactly like this — where we’re diverse and we’re united,” he said. “They were in there in groups, being pragmatic, they were problem-solving, they were sharing their fears, they were frightened, they were consoling each other. That’s the America I know. And if my leaders could actually reproduce what took place in that house in unity, we’re going to be a much better country.”

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