According to the details, images showed a Louisville restaurant patron pointing a handgun at armed BLM protesters who swarmed the outdoor dining patio during demonstrations in honor of Breonna Taylor on the day of the Kentucky Derby.
The unidentified man is thought to have been eating at upscale French eatery La Chasse on Saturday night when he confronted the group of around 50 protesters. The demonstrators had been marching ahead of the 147th Kentucky Derby over Taylor’s death at the hands of police during a raid at her home last March.
Confrontation between patrons at La Chasse and protesters. pic.twitter.com/iUFKA9zWvY
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“During the encounter both patrons and protesters brandished firearms,” police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said in an email to Fox News.
“This incident occurred after the arrests of southbound protesters in the area on the 1500 block of Bardstown Road. The arrests of that group were made after protesters repeatedly blocked the roadway despite officers giving multiple verbal requests for them to utilize the sidewalk.”
At least five people were arrested in connection with the incident. Charges include possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, failure to disperse and evading police, TMZ reported. However, the man with his gun drawn does not appear to have been arrested.
In the clip, one of the protesters can be heard hollering at the man, “You’re not the only one with a gun!” Indeed, a pair of men armed with rifles and handguns who appeared to be acting as security for the protesters were seen facing down the white-haired patron and arguing with him.
The video ends with the white-haired man and another man being led inside the restaurant as the more heavily armed men watch them leave the scene: