Video footage of a young B*** woman being dra-gg-ed down the stairs of a Washington D.C. sports bar has emerged, prompting p*ote!ts and a boycott of the venue involved. Keisha Young, 22, was dr-agg-ed down a flight of stairs inside the popular Nellie’s Sports Bar by a security guard who reportedly believed the woman had brought a bottle of al*oh*l inside the establishment on the Saturday night of June 12.
Video of the i*cide!t, taken by a bystander inside the ba-r, was shared to Instagram by Young’s mother on Monday.
“I DO NOT PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO MY DAUGHTER YO!!” Tammy Young wrote alongside the 54-second clip. “YOU SEE HOW YOUR SECURITY GUARDS DRA-GG-ING MY DAUGHTER DOWN THE F***N STEPS AND YES MY NIECE AND NEPHEWS JUMPED IN TO SAVE HER YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM MY LAWYER.”
Tammy Young later confirmed to Newsweek that the family has sought the advice of an attorney based in Washington D.C.
Meanwhile, outside Nellie’s, a block away from the shooting scene in Shaw, dozens are protesting the business after a video showed a woman being dragged down a flight of stairs inside last night. (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/q8XSPtEpki
— John Henry (@JohnHenryWUSA) June 13, 2021
Keisha Young, who says she is a college student at Morgan State University, in Maryland, said she went to the b-ar to celebrate Pride festivities and was “dra-gg-ed by the security guards for no reason.”
“I lost my glasses, iPhone, shoes and my clothing were ri*p*d off. My body aches and I am bruised up,” she wrote in a GoFundMe page set up to help with legal expenses and medical bills. “I am aching all over my body, I can’t walk straight because my hip is in pai!. I’ve been st*ugg*ing to sleep this whole situation got me anxious.”
Young said she felt “hu!ilia*ed” after “being assaulted by a bl*** man who should be protecting me.”
Now, at Nellies, everyone inside is leaving. @DCPoliceDept is going inside. A lot of activity at 9th and U right now for a lot of reasons. (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/k0ALT5HEwH
— John Henry (@JohnHenryWUSA) June 13, 2021
After footage of the i*cide*t quickly garnered attention online, a crowd gathered outside the b-ar the following Sunday evening while #BoycottNellies and #NoPrideForNellies trended on social media.
Multiple videos shared acr-oss social media showed dozens of people holding up banners while sh**ting “justice for Keisha” as police surrounded the area.
One of the pr*te*t organizers, NeeNee Tay, said Young was targeted by security in a case of mi!taken identity.
“A security guard took it upon himself to take Keisha by her hair and drag her down the steps and throw her out of the club,” Tay said in a video filmed outside the bar.
Speaking to Complex, Keisha Young said the incident escalated after “an al*ercat!on in there.” “They were trying to get some other people out because somebody else brought a bottle in there.
Somehow I got mixed up in an altercation because I look like somebody else and I got h** and dra-gg-ed down the steps,” she said.
Nellie’s Sports Bar responded to the unrest in a statement posted to Facebook on Monday.
“We were incredibly upset and disturbed to see the unfortunate event that took place at Nellie’s last night,” the venue said. “We are undergoing a full investigation of the situation. At Nellie’s we foster an inclusive and safe environment, so events like this are completely unacceptable to us.”