A man was smashed in the face with a can of ice tea so hard it burst open after he could be heard repeatedly using the n-word to a black customer’s face.
The video, which was filmed at an Ohio gas station and which has since gone viral, started with the white customer berating and swearing at the man, using the racist slur several times.
‘F*** my momma? F*** your momma, n****,’ he says to the black man in a hoodie, with confidence.
‘And you know what’s crazy; I’ma walk to you. Right to my house for you,’ he says. ‘On God.’
‘I’m not trying to disrespect you.’
‘Then stop saying it,’ the black man warns him.
But the white man continues to use the slur.
‘I’ma say n**** all day, every day. Are you kidding me? Where you from, n****?’
The man whom the insults were directed manages to keep his cool for almost a minute until he picks up a can of iced tea.
‘What? You gonna smack me with that?’ the man asks. ‘Smack me. Smack me, n****!’ he goads.
Finally, after 45 seconds the black man finally snaps and with his large can of alcoholic iced tea, slams it into the white man’s face, knocking him to the ground.
The struggle then continues as the tea-carrying customer wrestles his instigator to the floor while continuing to pummel his face, punching him in the head five times and daring the man to use the n-word on him again.
‘Call me another f****** n*****!’ he shouts.
The black man finally manages to push him to the floor and walks away shouting ‘I asked you not to call me a n*****!’
The beating happened at a Circle K in the city of Elyria, near Cleveland.
Although it is not known specifically when the fight took place, the footage has been viewed 1.8 million times since Christmas Eve.
Elyria police Lt. James Welsh said he has seen the video and has an idea of who the involved parties are, but no charges had been filed related to the incident.
The video made for some amusing tweets and memes.
‘When will white people learn they cannot say the N word?’, asked one.
‘I hope that every time he thinks of saying that word he has flashbacks of this a**-whooping and the sound of the bell ‘ding dong’!’ joked another.
‘Twisted tea has done more to stop racism than Donald Trump!’ added another
He smacked the soul out of him with a can of twisted tea for making racists comments… pic.twitter.com/f5TmxW2Ej5
— Fight Haven (@FightHaven) January 17, 2023