'I’m being harassed by a bunch of black men': White Connecticut man is caught on camera calling 911 on group of friends celebrating a birthday before declaring 'white lives matter too' and 'attacking one of them with pepper spray'

Police in Connecticut are investigating a possible hate crime after a white man was caught on camera claiming that he was being 'harassed' by a group of black men, and yelled: 'White lives matter too!' 

The incident took place on Saturday at Cove Island Marina in the affluent town of Stamford. 

Darnell Crosland, attorney for the group of five black men - one of whom is a police officer - said the group met in the park to celebrate two of their birthdays.

He said the white man, who claimed to be neighborhood police, pulled up to the group and yelled that they can't have their boat there, which is what led to the confrontation.

'What is wrong with you?' one of the black men asks. 'No one was in the water. Just relax.'

The white man yells: 'I've been down here my whole f****** life. I live here.' 

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The unidentified white man was caught on camera yelling at black people in Stamford

White man calls cops on black people at Connecticut marina

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When he walks towards one of the young men, he squares up to him, with his phone to his ear, and says: 'What are you going to do to me? Oh yeah?'

One of the other black men attempts to calm the white man down, saying: 'Hey, back it up.'

The white man carries on talking into his phone, and says: 'I am being harassed by a bunch of black men here.'

The black man filming, shocked, says softly: 'Wow.'

The white man then tells the person on the phone that he has a boat in the marina, and has a right to get to his boat. 

'They came down here to sit on the boat in the parking lot, apparently,' he says.

The man filming says: 'Who said we were going to put the boat in the water? We're hanging out.'

He asks the white man what his name is, and the white man responds: 'My name is God. G.O.D.'

The black man laughs and says: 'The nerve of this guy.'

The white man yells: 'A bunch of black guys harassing me. White lives matter too!'

The black man laughs at him again, and says: 'You're going viral.'

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The white man yells into his phone that he is being 'harassed' by the group of young men

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One of the five men, Ty Davis, photographed the man firing pepper spray at the group

The man is photographed attempting to spray mace or pepper spray at one of the group - an off-duty policeman with Bridgeport police department.

Two of the black men, who are cousins, spoke out at their attorney's office.

'I felt afraid,' said Tarae Frazier, speaking to ABC. 

'Had a couple flashbacks of videos that we've all seen in the same particular situation, and I still don't feel comfortable.'

The group members say they were only meeting up at the park before heading to another beach.

'We shouldn't have to be fearful of our lives going out of have fun,' added Tyshawn Frazier. 

'My birthday is on Juneteenth, so we went to the beach to have a good time, to have a great b-day weekend.' 

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Ty Davis posted about the incident on Instagram, saying it was a perfect example of racism

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Tyshawn Davis said it was wrong that they were 'fearful for their lives' for their skin color

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Tarae Frazier (left) and his cousin Ty Davis (right) with their attorney Darnell Crosland (center)

'What this gentleman knew was that he can weaponize the 911 system, just like the lady in Central Park did, and so he doesn't have to pull a gun anymore,' their attorney, Crosland, said. 

'Because of the system that is built on racism and prejudice, he was able to just call 911.'

Police have confirmed that they are investigating.

'This incident is currently an active investigation,' said Lt. Tom Scanlon, head of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations with the Stamford Police Department.

'Numerous individuals were involved and or witnessed circumstances leading up to the confrontation that had occurred,' he said. 

'The Department is in the process of interviewing and obtaining formal statements from all involved individuals and sourcing a complete video as evidence.'

The white man has not been identified by police because his wife reported they are being harassed as a result of the video. 

Stamford police said in a statement that, based on their investigation so far, 'this escalated into a racial incident.' 

Davis thanked the police for their support. 

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Davis thanked the police for their work investigating the incident