Wednesday, January 25, 2012
LGBT So these are the two (hot) guys who started the fight at Blake's
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- APD
- Blake's brawlers Vance Johnson and Derrick Leegrant
Vance Johnson (left) and Derrick Leegrant, both 22, reportedly started the fight while waiting in line for the bathroom at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to Project Q. The manager of Blake's asked 69-year-old retired Atlanta police office J.J. O'Brien, who works security at the bar, to remove the two men. That's when things got ugly.
“Mr. Johnson refused [to leave the bar, according to O'Brien's report] and Officer O’Brien told him again to leave and Mr. Johnson refused and threw his drink in Officer O’Brien’s face. Officer O’Brien told Mr. Johnson he was under arrest and attempted to handcuff him.”... “Mr. Johnson hit Officer O’Brien in the face knocking his eyeglasses on the floor. Officer O’Brien took Mr. Johnson to the floor as he was hitting Officer O’Brien and attempting to escape,” O’Brien writes.
“Officer O’Brien felt someone jump on his back and turned his head around and saw Mr. Leegrant on his back hitting Officer O’Brien with his fists. Several of Blake’s employees and customers jumped in to help Officer O’Brien. Officer O’Brien finally got Mr. Johnson handcuffed and was escorting him down the ramp when Mr. Leegrant tried to run and a customer attempted to grab him. Mr. Leegrant ran into a customer car doing damage to left side of car. Officer O’Brien called for additional cars to help him secure scene,” he writes in the report.
I picture Rihanna's "We Found Love" blasting while the melee went down. Both men face charges of simple battery and felony obstruction. Vance was released on $5,000 bond, and Leegrant is still in Fulton County Jail with two additional charges of criminal damage to property.
An anonymous witness originally claimed wrong-doing by Atlanta police, but six other witnesses, including three Blake's employees, said there was no police misconduct. So is it just me, or do you think Vance and Leegrant could make Hot and Busted?
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And this is why no one will EVER take this rag, or its employees seriously. Just the title of this article alone and the bias reporting of the incident is enough to make a person laugh. In fact that is the only reason I read this thing, It is better that the comics. Kudos to the elementary school mentality of not only the people that "report" for this tabloid but also the editorial staff that allows it.
Seriously "Goodjob?"
Creative Loafing is one of the best newspapers in town. Do a little research on alternative newspapers and you'll see that the tone of this column is commonplace for such a newspaper. This is not the AJC or another mainstream newspaper. Also, being that Blake's is a gay hotspot, the reporter is gay--at least I think he is--and these two guys were there and are more than likely gay--for pay or not for pay, I see nothing wrong with the tone or rating their "hot" factor.
And yes, these guys are good looking. Althought, I'm not sure if I would call them hot.
Knowing that both of them would attack and actually punch the 69 year old officer who works a very gentle form of security at Blakes takes away any possible attractive looks to these idiots.
Its idiots like these that causes some bars to hire idiots as security.
Its idiots like this that represent the utter lack of responsibility and sense that to many people have.
If I was a judge I would throw these people in jail for 60 days and force them as a part of their parole to each pay the officer $20,000 (obviously would have to be payments) cause if that guys doing porn he's not making much cash obviously.
Bottom line, I share some of "Goodjob's" disgust with this article. I think the whole "aren't they hot" schtick takes away from what should have been the focus of the article. The article should be castigating these irresponsible self centered idiots. Unfortunately Bobby appears to have been letting his little head do the thinking for his big head.
Question: If these two guys started a fight at another bar (non-gay bar) would it make Creative Loafing?
All I see is two assholes who can't have a good time.
At least the guy on the left has the decency to look scared and ashamed. The guy on the right just looks like he has no remorse at all: he's like, "Okay I'm getting arrested again". For the 30th time.
Oh, I thought he was just trying to do the Blue Steel look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=…
Jail time plus sentenced to walk in the next Pride parade wearing signs that state "I'm the jerk who ruins it for everyone".
still not news. slow news day/week? nothing else happening in the world? not to mention gross. jesus, dude, raise your standards for where you want to insert your penis.
jurban8 fucked up talking you can have'em uggglllllyy!!! If they were white the police would have been wrong.
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