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Cracker Barrel? I was expecting Waffle House.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20940073/detail.html
Cracker Barrel Beating May Be Hate Crime
MORROW, Ga. -- The FBI is investigating the beating of an African-American woman by a white man at a Cracker Barrel restaurant as a possible hate crime.
Morrow police said they arrested Troy Dale West, of Poulan, Ga. after he attacked Tasha Hill after she asked him to "be careful" at a Cracker Barrel restaurant.
Morrow police were called to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on Southlake Plaza Drive in Morrow Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers said they located the female victim and called for EMTs and Fire Department officials to assist. At the same time, the alleged offender in the case, Troy West, was detained at the scene, police said.
Police said an investigation revealed that the female victim, identified as Tasha Hill, was entering the Cracker Barrel with her 7-year-old daughter as West was leaving the restaurant. As West was leaving, the exit door came close to striking the 7-year-old daughter of the victim, police said. Hill, by all witness accounts, politely asked West to be careful, officials said.
"The man slung open the door pretty hard and fast and I had to push my daughter out of the way. I turned to the man and I just said, 'Excuse me sir, you need to watch yourself you almost hit my daughter in the face.' And from there it just went downhill," said Hill.
At that point, West became enraged and began to beat the victim in front of her 7-year-old daughter, according to police. Hill said she told West she was an Army servicemember and she did not want any trouble.
West threw her to the ground and hit her in the head with his fists and feet, police said. During the exchange, witnesses said West could be heard screaming racial slurs at the victim.
"Then he punched me in my face," said Hill. "And I fell to the ground and he proceeded to punch in my head and face."
Many witnesses stepped up to assist police in the investigation by providing written statements as to the events that transpired. Cracker Barrel was also helpful to police in this investigation, Morrow police said.
This case has been referred to the FBI Civil Rights Division for a possible violation of Federal Hate Crime Laws.
Once officers obtained witness statements on the scene and looked at video surveillance from the Cracker Barrel, West was arrested and charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and cruelty to children in the first degree.
West has bonded out of jail.
Cracker Barrel? I was expecting Waffle House.
I don't know if that was race related or not... but geez what a ing ass hole. Beating the mom up in front of her 7 yr old daughter? Dude has issues.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in642287.shtml
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...18cracker.html
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index...._cracker_barre
Cracker Barrel is always in the middle of some racism stuff.
wauw. nauw that's auful.
I thought it was Denny's
And nobody helped her? They all saw enough to be witnesses but noone stepped up?
More Kanye West fallout?
So if I beat a dude in overalls and call him a dumb ing redneck I'm a racist? I'm sure the guy was just trying to remind her of her dark pigment. No harm in that.
WTF was a black women eatting at the Cracker Barrel in the first place.
Exactly what I was thinking when I read that. They were all willing to be witnessed but no one knocked him out or helped stop him from hitting her.
My thought exactly. It's a CRACKER barrel. They even warned her with the name. It would be like me startin at a soul food restaurant.
Never get involved in a black melee. There's always a gun.
Based on the information in the article, I'm frankly surprised that it's being investigated as a hate crime. I have no idea whether or not her race had anything to do with the guy's reaction, but it would seem odd to jump to that conclusion if there weren't any specific comments or epithets thrown out during the attack. Dude may be a racist, but he may also just be a prick with a short temper and an inability to control himself.
Witnesses said they heard him screaming racial slurs. I wonder if those witnesses were black?
Okay, I see that now. My eyes must have jumped over that line the first time I read the article.
What if he didn't say any but some people say he did just from being an asshole beating up a woman?
Guess he got caught ing his raspberry ice tea, with his home made "shine"!
Take the racial slurs out of the equation and that's pretty much the question you have to ask about any witness accounts.
Somewhere in here Glenn Beck and Rush will find a way to blame this on Obama.
I thought it said he was saying racial slurs when he was pummeling her face?
But will Glenn shed any tears over this?
not to mention he's a sexist as well!
i had to
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