Disabled Marine threatened/ejected from restaurant for wearing wrong football Jersey.

matt0611 said:
Eh, I dunno. The guy went to a football game wearing his favorite team's jersey and then to a restaurant with his family. What is wrong with that?

Expect a few friendly taunts or jokes? Yeah, maybe, sure. But to have people get so riled up over it to have to be forced by the management to leave? No way. Its a damn game.
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And the guy (in the wheelchair) was not an out of towner, he was a local.
 
GunnyFreedom said:
I don't think that Josh "Tank" Watts is going to enjoy living near Charlotte, NC any more.
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alucard13mmfmj said:
people in USA takes sports and entertainment way too seriously.

they need to put that seriousness and energy into freedom.
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:rolleyes:


In Italy Juventus fans ran over a guy by the road with a bus for wearing another teams jersey,fans killed a police inspector by trowing a bomb in his car,Serbian fans started a riot in Italy to show their displeasure with their national team leadership.I won't even start with Greece or let alone Russia and Poland.Wearing jerseys anywhere except where you know everyone supports your team is fairly dangerous.

It is fortunate that the field is so big so the fans can be separated by iron fences and there are athletic tracks in most stadiums that give a lot of space between the field and the fans.,you should see the basketball or handball games.There is enough change,lighters,cell phones thrown in one game to last you a life time.

Now that being told because I don't know the full story I would not judge either side,but even in Europe they would first ask him to take of the jersey because attacking a crippled guy especially a veteran one no matter how drunk they are is still as low as you can get.If he doesn't take it off the owner would tell him to leave.
 
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If no one else will say it, I will. Free market. Private property rights. Asshole move? Absolutely. Against most of the posters on this forums' better nature? Of course. But that's what we preach. Hopefully the market will take care of these tools. But I will defend their right to do it with my dying breath. What a clusterfuck this libertarian thing is, eh?
 
phill4paul said:
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I thought his shirt said Dallas... not Disabled Combat Vet.

If he wants to parade his Disabled Combat Vet status as protection for everything else, then he should probably wear a Disabled Combat Vet jersey.

And why is that "tank" dipshit wearing shoulder pads? lol.
 
Demigod said:
:rolleyes:


In Italy Juventus fans ran over a guy by the road with a bus for wearing another teams jersey,fans killed a police inspector by trowing a bomb in his car,Serbian fans started a riot in Italy to show their displeasure with their national team leadership.I won't even start with Greece or let alone Russia and Poland.Wearing jerseys anywhere except where you know everyone supports your team is fairly dangerous.

It is fortunate that the field is so big so the fans can be separated by iron fences and there are athletic tracks in most stadiums that give a lot of space between the field and the fans.,you should see the basketball or handball games.There is enough change,lighters,cell phones thrown in one game to last you a life time.

Now that being told because I don't know the full story I would not judge either side,but even in Europe they would first ask him to take of the jersey because attacking a crippled guy especially a veteran one no matter how drunk they are is still as low as you can get.If he doesn't take it off the owner would tell him to leave.
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Just because Europeans jump off a cliff should Americans jump too? ;)
 
kathy88 said:
If no one else will say it, I will. Free market. Private property rights. Asshole move? Absolutely. Against most of the posters on this forums' better nature? Of course. But that's what we preach. Hopefully the market will take care of these tools. But I will defend their right to do it with my dying breath. What a clusterfuck this libertarian thing is, eh?
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Pretty sure that's what we are already doing. Haven't seen anybody in this thread yet call for the Mecklenburg County Commission to step in and shut them down. :)
 
They could have asked them to leave for safety reasons. I have denied a blind woman access to our bar when we were slammed busy because I felt like it was a safety issue. I felt like an asshole, but it had to be done. With that being said I can assure I would remove every person from my bar personally if they were harassing someone in a wheelchair. Even if he was a cowboys fan.
 
Gosh, why do these awful stories keep coming out about nutjobs in NC? Are they putting something in the water here?

On behalf of all Carolinians and Panthers fans who aren't completely insane, I sincerely apologize for the actions and behaviors of these jerks.
 
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Did the guy in the wheelchair serve in the armed forces? Gut feel says he did. Anybody else get that impression?
 
QuickZ06 said:
Does the owner have a right to kick him out, sure but damn if the social blowback is not a lot more powerful.
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I agree and the Marine and his family have a right to their first amendment to tell their story and get people outraged enough to boycott this restaurant.


We are seriously entering the final stages of the Roman Empire--bread and circuses.

"The people are only anxious for two things: bread and circuses."
 
phill4paul said:
What the hell has this nation become? Who in their right mind threatens someone in a wheelchair? I hope the Moosehead grill of Mooresville, NC restaurant goes out of business. All I know is that every minute I spent in jail banging some heads would have been worth it.
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Who in their right mind threatens someone who IS NOT in a wheelchair? Would you also hope that any restaurant who does that goes out of business? Would you risk going to jail banging some heads for that?
 
Update: This was on the FB page.

"Message from Cpl. Garrett and his family. Please read, follow their lead on this, and keep them in your prayers as Garrett goes through yet another surgery.

We appreciate all the post and messages supporting me and Garrett through this ridiculous ordeal. We have decided as a family that for now we are not going to make any statements to any newspapers or news stations about the incident that happ...ened this past Sunday. The fact of the matter is that there are bullies in all walks of life and we just so happened to stumble upon a group of them at Mooseheads. Garrett and I would just like to say that we have no ill wishes or feelings towards Mooseheads, nor do we want their business to suffer. The owner, Chris, is not at fault and is doing everything he can to make amends with us. The issue was with a rowdy and vile Panther fan, not with Moosehead Bar and Grill; and Chris personally invited us back in to eat dinner after the altercation was over. Thanks again to everyone who supports us through good times and bad. Please remember Garrett in your prayers next week during his surgery."
 
So if anyone has done a search on the restaurant on line the ratings have tanked for the place. Seems the interwebs made a mistake and started judging too early.
 
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Typical football fans if you ask me. I never cared for football, it seems to attract the dumbest people.
 
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