Black Youth Brawl with Police Outside Club
/Two early morning fights near a club send a trooper and
a teenager to the hospital. Beer bottles and bricks were thrown,
damaging several police cars. Citizens are saying the early morning
brawl was sparked by racial tension, but law enforcement say that's not
the case. Ashburn Police and state troopers were called out
to several fights on West Madison Avenue, near the New
Traffic Light Bar. But when blue lights appeared, the fight took a
turn, sending one trooper to the hospital. Burgess said, "I heard he
got hit in the eye, or whatever, he deserved whatever he got tonight,
true enough."
Club owner Burgess says the injured trooper encouraged the brawl. "The other cop tripped my nephew, busted his face all up and the state patrolman hit him in the head with a flashlight and that's when everybody got out of control." People started collecting bricks and throwing them at law enforcement, busting police car windshields. "Black people didn't like the way they've done us and they unleashed," Burgess said. [more]
Club owner Burgess says the injured trooper encouraged the brawl. "The other cop tripped my nephew, busted his face all up and the state patrolman hit him in the head with a flashlight and that's when everybody got out of control." People started collecting bricks and throwing them at law enforcement, busting police car windshields. "Black people didn't like the way they've done us and they unleashed," Burgess said. [more]
