Suspected Hate Crime: White Man Beats Black Woman at Cracker Barrel

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» by Hip-Hop Wired September 17, 2009, 12:11pm

What the FBI believes is a hate crime occurred at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in a town just south of Atlanta, Georgia.

The incident took place at the entrance of the restaurant when 35-year-old Tashawnea Hill was beaten to the ground in front of her 7-year-old daughter by Troy Dale West Jr. of Poulan, Georgia.

Hill, an African American Army reservist told police West, 47, yelled racial slurs at her as he beat her with a closed fist and kicked her repeatedly.

"He did punch me with a closed fist repeated times. My head is still hurting today. I have knots on my head," Hill said.

According to CNN, police said witnesses confirmed Hill's story,
Because the beating took place in front of Hill's daughter, police said West could be charged with a felony count if cruelty to children.

"[The woman's daughter] was visibly upset the night of the attack," according to Capt. James Callaway of the Morrow Police Department, who said he was on the scene shortly after the alleged attack.

The police report said Hill's daughter was so upset by what she saw she was "crying uncontrollably and her body body [was] shaking and trembling."

Hill said what prompted the attack is when West flung the restaurant door open as she and her daughter were leaving.

"The man slung open the door pretty hard and fast and I had to push my daughter out of the way," Hill told CNN affiliate WSB-TV. "I turned to the man and

I just said, 'Excuse me sir, you need to watch yourself; you almost hit my daughter in the face.' And from there it just went downhill."

"At no point did Ms. Hill do anything to provoke the attack. She did not spit on Mr. West. She spoke to him. He attacked her," Jones said.

Jones said he was "convinced this was a hateful, racist attack ... based on the N-word, the B-word, etc."

"The language was vile. It was racist. It was sexist. It was completely offensive, completely unprovoked," Jones said.

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  • Darlene irvin

    I know he needs to be jailed for life not ever get OUT

  • tabitha

    I hope his behind get rap in jail

  • Ty

    I am anxious to see the end result. A white man and a black man can commit the exact same crime and depending on the race of the victim the punishment is TOTALLY different. This is a story I will follow for sure!

  • The Black Adonis

    This is getting real bad for us

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  • Lady Freedom

    If I had kicked a dog I would have had a higher bond than $5000. Who was that judge? Does anyone other than me see a problem with the bond? Seems like an animal still has more respect than black people in America...Lord help us

  • Warren Blue

    now lets see if this will prompt black women to seek love from white men now! the guy was wrong,but black women walk around so naive when black men are victims of racism all the time. Where was her husband,for all the black women who says they don't need black men. who is standing up for you, the black men of the NAACP. So stop being so naive and wake up!

  • elton

    This offense will rile the hearts of black america. This is an offense againt a woman, a black woman, mother, a daughter, and seen by the eyes of her child. It all boils down to a crime has been committed. Ok I need the judges to do there job and convict the man to the high punishment the law will allow. "DO SOMETHING". Black america please do not stand by and let this crime be swept under the rug. This foolish need to STOP. Period!

  • Nini

    As of today 10.25.10, this white male is only serving 6 months for his actions, unbelievable!!!

  • Carl

    Black on white crime happens thousands of times every day...why doesn't it get national attention?...why isn't it considered racist? why is just a hate crime when a white commits a crime against a black?

  • Philip Crawford

    Good thing I wasn't there because report would read " black male put puts white man in coma after trying t attack black woman and child."