a man has been fired from his job as a 'hospitality ambassador' in california after video surfaced that appeared to show him beating up a homeless man a male and female employee, dressed in neon shirts and baseball hats, began arguing with the two homeless men before the worker hit the man across the face behind a cvs store in berkeley on march 20 the ambassador continued to attack while the homeless man was curled in a ball on the ground then, as the two men packed up their belongings to leave, he pinned the other against the wall by the throat youtubecom  the two 'hospitality ambassadors' confronted two homeless men in downtown berkeley, california  the 'ambassador' was caught on camera swinging a powerful punch which floor the homeless man  as the man's dog leapt around in panic, the city worker continued to beat the homeless man while he lay on the ground in a ball  berkeley's ambassador program is coordinated through the downtown berkeley association, a non profit group downtown berkeley association ceo john caner apologized for the incident and said the man was fired on thursday after a video of the beating was posted online he said a second 'hospitality ambassador' who witnessed the beating and did nothing to stop it has been suspended the names of both ambassadors have not been released mr caner told berkeleysidecom: 'it’s clearly totally unacceptable we apologize to (the victim) and to the community 'this is clearly so out of the realm of acceptable behavior and totally contrary to all of the training provided to ambassadors' the san francisco chronicle reported that the homeless man who was assaulted was later arrested by police on suspicion of assault and making criminal threats based on a report by the ambassadors the ambassadors' purpose is to create a more welcoming environment for residents and visitors the two ambassadors hassled the homeless men until they gathered up their belongings and moved along  however the man could not resist taking one final swing at the vagrant   pinning him up against the wall 
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the city ambassador in berkeley, california was fired on thursday after video of him emerged beating a homeless man  the attack took place behind a cvs store on march 20 