Ralph Weems IV, a 32-year-old Marine and an Iraq war veteran, was attacked by a group of around 20 people in a Huddle House parking lot last Saturday in West Point, Mississippi. Witnesses told police his attackers were angry about the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Missouri earlier this month.
The fight broke out around 1 a.m. after Weems and his friend David Knighten were advised by an unidentified man in a parking lot to not enter a Waffle House because the place was “not safe for whites.” Weens and Knighten chose to go inside, but left after Weens argued with customers and the police showed up.
Weens and Knighten then decided to go to a nearby Huddle House but were followed by a group of people from the Waffle House. The security guard tried to ask them to leave, but the group of around 20 people attacked Weems up, brutally kicking him and leaving him on the ground. Knighten was prevented from helping his friend by members of the group that attacked Weens and suffered a broken nose and minor lacerations during the brawl.
Weems is currently in a coma after brain surgery at North Mississippi Medical Center.
Police arrested Courtez McMillian, 22, of the Okolona on Monday morning. McMillian is being held in the Clay County Detention Center and will be charged with aggravated assault. Investigators are still trying to track down other suspects based on witness reports and camera footage from the Huddle House’s parking lot.
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