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<blockquote data-quote="Panin" data-source="post: 1392605" data-attributes="member: 52431">Believe what you will.<a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/mississippi_man_beaten_after_h.html" target="_blank">http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/mississippi_man_beaten_after_h.html</a>David Knighten of West Point told AP earlier by phone that he and Weems had gone to a Waffle House early Saturday. He said a man waved him over outside the restaurant and told him politely that people were upset by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and it wasn&#039;t a safe place for whites. When he went in, he said, Weems was inside and was arguing with other men.&nbsp;They left after an argument that brought police, Knighten said. He said he showed those officers his .45-caliber handgun and his concealed carry permit....Police Chief Tim Brinkley did not immediately return a call Sunday from The AP.&nbsp;&quot;This does not appear to be a hate crime,&quot; he said in the press release. &quot;We are investigating this as an aggravated assault. It&#039;s very early in this investigation but thus far the evidence and statements suggest that a verbal altercation turned physical and somebody got hurt.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Panin, post: 1392605, member: 52431"] Believe what you will. [url]http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/mississippi_man_beaten_after_h.html[/url] [I]David Knighten of West Point told AP earlier by phone that he and Weems had gone to a Waffle House early Saturday. He said a man waved him over outside the restaurant and [B]told him politely[/B] that people were upset by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and it wasn't a safe place for whites. When he went in, he said, [B]Weems was inside and was arguing with other men[/B]. They left after an argument that brought police, Knighten said. He said he showed those officers his .45-caliber handgun and his concealed carry permit.[/I] ... [I]Police Chief Tim Brinkley did not immediately return a call Sunday from The AP. "This does not appear to be a hate crime," he said in the press release. "We are investigating this as an aggravated assault. It's very early in this investigation but thus far the evidence and statements suggest that a verbal altercation turned physical and somebody got hurt."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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