Man who repeatedly called bar patrons a racist slur gets stripped and beaten with poles
Cell phone video of the man before and after hurling racial slurs at bar patrons (Image: Screengrab via WHBQ / YouTube)
A white man who hurled racial slurs at Black patrons of a Mississippi bar was hospitalized after being severely beaten, and local authorities say they're investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
Memphis, Tennessee Fox affiliate WHBQ reported that a Tippah County, Mississippi man, who was apparently heavily intoxicated, walked into the C.J. Lounge in Marshall County last Saturday, where eyewitnesses say he began provoking the crowd with racist taunts. Patron Miles Stone told WHBQ he saw the confrontation play out, from the moment the man walked in to when he was kicked and stomped on nearly every part of his body and stripped naked while patrons poured beer on him.
"The guy walked in, and he was very aggressive," Stone said. "Other guys in the area were listening, trying to remain calm. They asked him to leave quietly."
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"When they were scuffling outside, he was still using the N-word: 'F you N's, F you N's,'" he recalled.
WHBQ played cell phone video of the moments leading up the beating, in which the man was seen yelling at patrons and throwing up "white power" signs. Holly Springs Police Department officers say the crowd used both fists and feet as well as sticks and poles to beat the man.
"I'm not standing for anything like that. However, we have to live with our choices, and he made the choice to go in there aggressively, and he has to live with the choice he's made," Taylor said.
C.J. Lounge has since been closed down by police for operating without a beer or business license. The Holly Springs Police Department chief told WHBQ he had been consistently pushing for the local district attorney to declare the bar a nuisance, saying his officers are often called there multiple times per night on weekends.
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