Urban Management Officers Bully Street Vendors

Video 1: Location: Qingdao City, Shandong Province Background: Many taxi drivers have little or no income when residents stay at home to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection. But they still have to pay monthly fees to their taxi company. Some try to make a living by selling vegetables. However, urban management officers show no pity for them, confiscating their produce. - Man: I'm a taxi driver in Shandong Province. Today, I was selling chives and cabbages at the intersection of Ruiyang Road and Shangrao Road. The urban management officers forbid me to sell vegetables. I felt helpless and I knelt down to beg them. They called 120 to report me to the police, because I held a cabbage knife in my hand. When the police came, they did not take me away. I am calling for our city government and central government to help me survive. I don’t have any food money for the coming month. My credit card payment this month was 6,000 Yuan ($856). On March 9, I have to pay another 2,500 Yuan ($357). Today it's already March 6, 2020. To all taxi drivers in Qingdao City, my license number is Shandong UT5636. I even knelt down and kow-tow to the urban management officers. I want to make it known to all 12,000 taxi drivers in Qingdao. I will share this footage on taxi driver social media groups in Qingdao, and on the group for all taxi drivers in China. I beg Qingdao city government and Chinese leader Xi to give me a chance to make a living. Hailin Road community staff called me about this matter. I asked them, “What shall I do next time the urban management officers come to arrest me?” They told me to run away from them. I already ran away this time, they still intercepted me in the end. Taxi drivers all over China, keep following my situation and give me some support. - Video 2: Location: Henan Province Background: An old man in Henan Province picked scallions from his farm field. He was about to take them home when urban management officers arrived. They forcibly took what they wanted and discarded the rest, saying that no one is allowed to sell vegetables during coronavirus control time. However, the old man simply wanted to take the scallions home. He was not selling at all. - Video 3: Background: A butcher was selling pork on the street. Urban management officers came and confiscated all his pork.