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The FBI is investigating the beating of an African-American woman by a white man at a Cracker Barrel restaurant as a possible hate crime.

Morrow police said they arrested Troy Dale West, of Poulan, Ga. after he attacked Tasha Hill after she asked him to “be careful” at a Cracker Barrel restaurant.Morrow police were called to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on Southlake Plaza Drive in Morrow Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m..

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realnadia4u31/ realnadia4u31

    Here is another one of their HEROES in South Carolina and Georgia…BEATING A DEFENSELESS WOMAN. Now that is what I called a “REAL MAN’. He would not dare jump a BLACK MAN like that…………..COWARD.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Okay! How long are so-called black men going to stand around and let our women and children be beaten by racist white men? Black men have’nt opened their mouth about racism reaching out and denegrading and beating black women and children.” Cowards ” they aint worth s**t,but they profess to being men ” cowards”. That’s why I do’nt let them call me brother.they’re not my brothers and I do’nt have anything to do with them at.all,they’re not my friends,as a matter I do’nt stand on the corners with them. I spent 25 years feeding and clothing black people, me being a freemason, and I would never stand by and let any woman of any color be beaten by any man. It’s bad enough that women are prey for men,then Ýou add white racist beating black women and black men stand around and do nothing, I say it again black men are “cowards” afraid of white men.what use are they, what purpose do they serve,besides standing around talking about how bad it is.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Revolution Anyone?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrIncesslenice/ PrIncesslenice

    He needs his butt whooped God is going to take care of it Im not worried.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    WHAT THE F**K IS GOING ON IN GEORGIA WHERE THIS HAPPENED AT…NO BLACK MEN IN THE DAMN RESTAURANT…..THAT IS CRAZY AS HELL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    What the hell is going on?~

    This man is def crazy~

    1st off~ he needs his a$$ whooped
    2nd~WTF is a cracker barrel & why would you go eat somewhere with the name “cracker” in the title…whats goin on in the south? Next thing ya gonna see Kountry Kitchen Kome on in~

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    BTW~ This is 1 of the reasons I carry something sharp at all times~ My Granny raised me to go for the “jigga” vein~

    Slice an dice~baby, SLice~n~Dice

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    this stank ugly redneck hillbilly ought to be ashamed of himself. What kind of man beats a woman in front of her daughter??? digusting.. regardless if the lady had an attitude or not that was totally out of line.. I wonder would he have done the same thing if Tasha Hill was a black man..HMMMMMM NO because he knows who to fight… ole punk azz REDNECK!!! Fight your counterpart.. not a woman…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Likeumshaved/ Likeumshaved

    NOw we are called “BLACK MEN” and not sorry ass “Niggas”! SMH Some people need to learn to keep their mouth shut. The Sassy mammy and Fiesty Hood rat routine needs to come to a stop. “RESPECT” is the key word in all of this mess. No one respected the other in this matter. Dont bash up onone topic and Praise us in another. Bitter blk people need to be consistent, the convenient factor seems to be running wild these days. People doing whats suits them per the situation and not on a moral stand. Flip Floppers and fake ass folk think its really cool to go w/ the flow. Get a life some morals and stand up for what u believe in and not what gets u swag points.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexySensualFreak/ SexySensualFreak

    That white man lost his mind! Where were the men who were there?? That’s a shame that no man jumped in for her defense. They probably didn’t care, because she was a black woman. I guess that’s what u expect down in the Dirty South.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CamuiMS/ CamuiMS

    I think it’s dangerous to call any attack hate crime just because the victim and the attacker were of different elasticities.

    I think this man just had a hair trigger temper. Or maybe he has some mental issue and was off his meds. I’m not condoning what he did at all. He didn’t appreciate this lady telling him anything. By the way he came in shoving the door like that he may have already been pissed. I think the woman could have been replaced by any race, maybe even a different sex and the man would have reacted the same. Why does it have to be race? Maybe he’s a misogynist. It would have been a hate crime had he been yelling racial slurs or if he confesses he did it because of her race/sex. Calling everything a hate crime takes away the meaning when you have a REAL hate crime. This is just another example of BP’s “is this racist” silly articles.

    @2daTopnonStop that’s just silly. The man didn’t work for Cracker Barrel, he was a patron. You can’t blame the store for that. There’s a CB where I live and it’s a nice cozy family restaurant (doesn’t even serve beers and the like) to get Southern cooking. If you’ve never eaten/been there it’d be best not to make dumb 4ssumptions, ok?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CamuiMS/ CamuiMS

    LOL elasticities. stupid FF spelling suggestion Dx I meant ethnicities. I have no idea why there is a red line under the word when it’s spelled correctly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @CamuiMS…I agree with you that labeling every crime that has a victim and attacker that are of different races…you ask why does it have to be race? Its clear you didn’t watch the video…Racial insults were used during the beat down, so what more do you need to hear for you to believe this was fueled by racism…I think something more dangerous than labeling something a hate crime, is forming opinions without gathering, and considering ALL the facts…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrCooldaddy7/ MrCooldaddy7

    Racism is continuing to escalate as we can see in the last 2 weeks with Obama and dumb joe wilson. I hope this woman and her daughter get the justice they deserve out of this. This coward should face racism his self. I hope he get punished by a black judge. Time now for people to start feeling what its like.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sir_quickie/ sir_quickie

    Pleeeeeeze, somebody let this fool out of jail. Justice will be served.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARKHEARTPHENIX/ DARKHEARTPHENIX

    There is a rise in this type of stuff going on since the election,racist whites are not being quite about there racial hatred anymore.I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE THINK THAT RACISM ENDED WHEN M.L.K. DIED?? This type of hate will most likely increase. As black people we think things are all good because we can go where white people can go.While we were happy bout that, racist whites was getting angrier. To say this may not have been a racist incident is foolish,GET YOU HEAD OUT THE SAND! Just because you refuse to see racism an hatred doesn’t mean it not there. Hopefully this guy will get justice coming to him,but as history has shown he may just get a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again. WERE THERE NOT ANY OTHER BLACK (MEN) PEOPLE AROUND? It’s a shame that no one stepped in to help,especially if they were black.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PRINCE_DEJOUR/ PRINCE_DEJOUR

    I’m not sure if race has anything to do with this case. I just think there are a large number of people who have some mental health issues that are running around doing crazy stuff.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    Racism and racist antics never went anywhere. Therefore, there is no rise in racism except the covert racist attitude has now become an overt racism ones again. Racism will not go anywhere as long as white men control the economy of the world.

    for those asking wheres the black men that saw this incident??? Just a reminder, the attitude of black men during slavery havent change much because we are conditioned to see the white men as the authoritative figure.Racism is not going anywhere as soon as white men continue to control the economic power

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/popa1983/ popa1983

    he had no business putting his hands on a unarmed woman no matter what her race I would like to get my hands on this p***yass he lucky was not there i would have served his ass.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/100th_Monkey/ 100th_Monkey

    This is not so much a race issue than it is gender issue. If a black commits a crime against another black, whites are quick to call it “black on black” crime because it carries a powerful hidden message. If a white attacks a black, we are just as quick to make ourselves victim of racism. We can’t flip flop back and forth from antagonist to protaganist when it’s convienant for us. As for blackmen not intervening, it’s really a split second decision and we all say what we would have done if we were there but in this day and time when everyone is strapped (especially southern rednecks) it really is a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. Combine that with the fact the guy is crazy enough to do this in the first place, it does give you pause. Would I have jumped in? I sure would like to think I would. I have to be honest, I’m not a coward and I don’t think none of the guys who have commented are either but, what was it that made these other men not jump in?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/numismatic/ numismatic

    100 I have to say you are 100% correct, but we have other issues on the table like America using our own people of color to have us think we are free when the fact is we are in a bigger slavery then we have ever been before the only difference in that its rich and poor and the have nots.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/StarrSantiago/ StarrSantiago

    100th monkey…no one cares about your coon, house n****r, asskissing opinion. You are littering the board with your “pro white/anti black” bs. Why are you even on Blackplanet? And then your Black a** has the nerve to pose in your profile pic with some Afrocentric sh*t. I absolutely LOATHE insecure, uncle Tom Blacks like yourself. I got news for you… White people don’t care about your dumba** either!

    Now wonder I can’t stand men from the other side of the beltway (D.C). Bunch of cowardly mofos :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DarkPrince64/ DarkPrince64

    StarrSantiago… why don’t you just tell Monkey what you REALLY feel??? LMAO!!! OUCH!!!!!!!!!!

    Personally… black, white, blue or WHATEVER — this brotha’s reflexes would naturally kick in and I’d find my body in the mix before my mind got a chance to catch up!!!

    There was a 10-year old girl named Pamela Butler who was kidnapped and murdered here in KC back in 1999. I saw the story on the news when they only reported her missing and gave the license plate of the truck who took her from the Kansas side and suspected he may have taken her to the Missouri side (where your DarkPrince rolls)…

    Though I didn’t even KNOW these people — I vowed that if they hadn’t found her by morning that “I” was gonna go find him. I found him (Keith Nelson)two days later!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/StarrSantiago/ StarrSantiago

    Darkprince…that’s a harrowing story and courageous act. I guess us Black Americans have to stop relying on “the man” to help us find our children. They only give a damn about “theirs” any way…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DarkPrince64/ DarkPrince64

    Actually Starr… the little girl “Pamela Butler” WAS one of THEIRS… (you can google the news story if you’re ever interested — pamela butler murder kansas city) I would’ve found HER too in the open field where she was found, but I didn’t look UNDER the pile of brush (though I saw it) where they found her.

    That’s only ONE of several times I tried to help — but you’re right; many times the police and justice system HURT us rather than HELP us…

    Back in 2003 when I was a college instructor, I tried to help a prostitute who I thought was in trouble by a john. Afterwards, she tried to solicit ME and I politely turned her down, using the excuse that I’d have to go into town and cash a check. (It was after 10pm — banks were closed and I’m not about to go to a “24hour-thingy”. I had $14 cash in my pocket — and I’m sure she would’ve taken it!!!)

    Anyway, it turned out to be an undercover sting. The police said if I paid $500 cash I would be immediately released — otherwise, my pic would be on the tube.

    Taking the advice of an attorney, I represented myself in court and the city prosecutor told the judge that the city had NOT proven its case.

    The judge convicted me ANYWAY!!! To this day, I have been arrested several times because I STILL have not paid the fine — and I NEVER will!!! I think you can understand that I lost respect and trust in the justice system — but I will continue to be a SOLDIER!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DarkPrince64/ DarkPrince64

    My bad, Starr… that google search didn’t even work for ME–lol…

    But type in “fox4 news Pamela Butler” and a GAZILLION of’em pop up!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_LONELYNCT/ MR_LONELYNCT

    WOW IF I WAS THERE WOULD OF DEFEND THAT HELPLESS WOMAN
    GAVE THAT WHITE GUY FRESH CAN OF AZZ WHIPPING

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