A video released this week by Springfield Police shows a racist rant that led to the arrest of a 30-year-old man accused of intimidating three Latino men.

"It all began Tuesday afternoon, July 24th at 4 p.m.," Springfield Police spokesperson Lieutenant Scott McKee wrote in the narrative of the incident, "when three Latino men were leaving from a long day of roofing work."

As the men left the jobsite, their trailer high-centered on the sidewalk, McKee said.

"They were stuck," McKee continued. "The men tried to free the rig, which was blocking the south sidewalk, the bike lane and part of an eastbound lane of Main Street."

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As the men worked, one of them took out a phone to film the process to show their boss what had happened and that is when, according to police, Sean Ryan Felger "came into view pushing a baby stroller occupied by his 2-year-old daughter."

Felger pushed his daughter's stroller around the stuck vehicle on the street and then, according to the police and video footage, "parked the stroller feet away and lunged into his angry tirade, furiously shoving one of the men as he tried to calmly explain the dilemma."

"Knocking the man backward, Felger challenged the men," McKee wrote. Felger used racial slurs, cursed at the men and told them to "go back to Mexico."

"The surprised men did not retaliate," McKee continued, "and watched as Felger pushed the stroller westward."

On Aug. 8, police released images taken from the video and soon began receiving tips, one of which led Officer Justin Swint to Felger.

Swint attempted to contact Felger and was finally able to do so on Aug. 11, when he arrested Felger without incident.

Felger was charged with second-degree intimidation, disorderly conduct and harassment.

"Felger had shaved his head and beard," according to McKee, "in what police believe had been an effort to disguise his appearance following media attention to the case depicting his image."

Felger remains booked in the Springfield Municipal Jail.

-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052

lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker