Posted on 07/17/2013 6:11:25 AM PDT by Gamecock
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The head of the SC NAACP, Lonnie Randolph, was arrested Friday night at a Five Points dry cleaners after a disagreement with employees.
According to the incident report, Columbia police were called to Tripp’s Fine Cleaner at 830 Harden Street around 7:15 p.m. Friday.
An employee told officers that Randolph, 63, refused to pay his bill, refused to leave the premises after being asked to do so several times and then began to act erratically.
Once Randolph was escorted out of the business by police officers, the employee told officers the manager wanted Randolph banned from the business, at which point Randolph reportedly became agitated and acted erratically. According to the incident report, he raised his voice and resisted officers’ attempts to move him to and into a patrol car. After a brief tussle, which included an officer kneeing Randolph in the stomach twice and slapping him on the chest once, Randolph was put in the patrol car.
Paramedics were called to the scene and took Randolph to Palmetto Health Richland, where he declined treatment.
Interim Police Chief Reuben Santiago, who was informed of developments, told officers to ticket Randolph and release him. City manager Teresa Wilson, also informed as the incident unfolded, responded to the scene.
Efforts to Reach Randolph and his attorney, Joe McCullough, late Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Did they bleach something incorrectly?
Clearly some creepy ass cracker working behind the counter..
“They whitewashed my Pants. They whitewashed my Pants!!!”
If they be, I wish they would.
LOL!
More info from a site that can’t be posted on FR:
Randolph’s attorney, Joe McCullough, said Randolph is currently at a convention in Orlando, Florida. He also added that a court date is set for Wednesday and he will be asking the court to postpone the court date for sometime in the future.
McCullough said he has spoken to both Columbia Police department and Tripp’s Cleaners about how this issue has a “medical related origin.”
The ‘interim’ police chief isn’t qualified. Then I read....
Fired CPD captain accuses interim Columbia police chief of corruption
Sounds mo-likely a holderite vs holderite thing.
Oh ya. All of this is Columbia at it’s finest.
Agree, it is not going to end well, for TEHM.
Lonnie Randolph
Good one! Wish I had thought of that first.
Where’s that new auto spell correct when you need it? TEHM = THEM.
“Interim Police Chief Reuben Santiago”
In the 1980s and 1990s, Charleston, SC had a universally admired police chief named Reuben Goldberg, whom Michael Barone described as “surely the only black, Jewish, Republican police chief in America.” Now Columbia, SC has an interim police chief named Reuben Santiago. Could he be a Hispanic Jew? (The Spanish name is Rubén, and perhaps his father Anglicized it as Reuben, but maybe his mother is Jewish.) But I bet that, it being Columbia, Santiago is no Republican.
That’s just too funny. Even if it were true. Disputes the bill BUT has money for a lawyer.
Winning through intimidation. Seems to work?????
If they be using ‘perc, you must be a jerk.
Post of the day!
Entitled Pharaoh King. He is royalty, can’t you see ,he aint got no White in him. Why should he pay?
Never had a brief tussle before..especially when it’s the police. They just black jack you.....oops, can I say that? across your head..
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