‘I Think They Wanted to Kill’: Several People Injured After Racist Slur Leads to All-Out Bar Brawl In Atlanta

Atlanta police are investigating a fight that broke out at a bar, leaving several people injured and landing one woman in the hospital. According to WSB-TV, the brawl broke out at the Ideal Sports Bar in southeast Atlanta. A photo shows blood on the floor allegedly after a brawl at Ideal Sports Bar in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: GoFundMe) Witnesses told the outlet that the melee erupted between several people after an exchange of politically charged statements and racist insults. In the moments before the fight, multiple band members at the bar reportedly started making political statements about white people, which prompted a man to start heckling and intimidating them. Once that man hurled the N-word at Black band members, the verbal altercation escalated into physical violence. Band members say they were racially harassed, assaulted inside Atlanta bar, owners dispute.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/FqwnNiFgVh— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) December 4, 2024 “I think they wanted to kill. They didn’t want to fight,” one band member said. “Once the N-word was thrown out, I knew it was going to be pretty bad,” another band member stated. A video shows the brawl in full force, with several people shoving and punching each other on a pool table....