Atlas Restaurant Group speaks out

Atlas Restaurant Group speaks out

ATTENTION AFTER A BLACK BOYWAS DENIED SERVICE.

THE FAMILYIS SUING THE RESTAURANT... ANDNEW THIS MORNING... THE OWNERSARE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST SOMEOF THE ALLEGATIONS.

WMA━2NEWS ERIN MACPHERSON JOINS USLIVE FROM OUZO (E━ZO) BAY INHARBOR EAST.

ERIN━ WHAT ARETHE OWNERS SAYINGTHE ATLAS RESTAURANT GROUPOWNS OUZO BAY━ THEY'VESTRESSED THAT LAST MONTH'SINCIDENT WAS NOT RACIALLYMOTIVATED.

THE RESTAURANT HADA DRESS CODE AT THE TIME, THEYSINCE CHANGED━ NO GYMCLOTHES.

THE NINE━YEA━ OLDBLACK BOY, DALLAS, WAS WEARINGTENNIS SHOES, ATHLETIC SHORTSAND A T SHIRT SO THE MANAGERTOLD HIS MOM━ MARCIA GRAN━THEY COULDN'T EAT THERE.

SHETHEN POINTED OUT A YOUNG WHITEBOY IN SIMILAR CLOTHES.

THATMANAGER AND ANOTHER WERE FIREDIMMEDIATELY━ THIS WEEK THEOWNER'S SAY THEY WEREN'T FIREDFOR BEING RACIST━ BUT INSTEADFOR HOW THEY HANDLED THESITUATION... THAT THEY SHOULDHAVE HAD MORE EMPATHY ANDBETTER JUDGEMENT AND SHOULDHAVE SAT THE FAMILY.

THEY ALSOWANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOWTHEY SERVE A PREDOMINATELYBLACK POPULATION.

THAINFORMATION IS FROM THEOWNER'S LAWYER━ ACCORDING TOTMZ.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TOTHE ATTORNEY FOR THE ATLASRESTAURANT GROUP FOR THATINFORMATION.

THEY ALSO STATEDTHE YOUNG WHITE BOY WAS INDIFFERENT CLOTHES━ IN J CREWTYPE SHORTS WITH FRONT ANDBACK POCKETS, A ZIPPER AND ABUTTON━ UNLIKE THE BLACKBOYS GYM SHORTS.

WE TALKEDWITH MARCIA GRANT AND HER SONSHORTLY AFTER THIS VIDEO WASTAKEN AND HERE'S WHAT THEY HATAKEOTAND HERE'S WHAT THEY HATO SAY*BUTTED SOUN* (6:1━6:27 MARCIA GRANT/DALLASbelieve in 2020 wedealing with this issue.

Justcontinue to fight.

Things willeventually change but theywowoOfight.

(woOT8:3━40 DALLASGREENE: Never judge people.Never ever judge people.

THEATLAS RESTAURANT GROUP DIDTELL US THEY'VE TRIED TO REACHOUT GRANT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT━ WITH NO LUCK.

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