A Navy veteran was brutally attacked by four white security guards at a Dallas strip club.
According to his Facebook page, Bell encountered a group of dangerous, racist men, who called him a “n****r” and left him with life-threatening injuries. Bell posted horrific images of himself following the brutal assault.
The incident took place at the XTC Cabaret, where Bell was hanging out with a friend before he was attacked.
On Facebook, Bell stated the conflict began when he put down his drink in a "section where the men reserved to a group of about seven men." When he reached to grab the drink, he saw one of the men put a cigarette out in it. After exchanging words, Bell and his friend decided to leave, when they were attacked "like animals."
“They punched, stomped and grabbed my throat with such force I felt my trachea beginning to snap,” Bell wrote in a emotional Facebook post. “They cracked my ribs and injured my eyes, jaw and back.”
“These men attacked me and my friend because they could," Bell continued. "We were black and vulnerable, and they don’t believe that the law will have any consequences for them. This is not OK. Share this, and help me demand these men be prosecuted and this club is held accountable.”
Bell's attorney Lee Merritt held a news conference Wednesday, May 9.
“We will be filing a lawsuit against XTC night club and personally against each of the security officers involved,” Merritt said during the conference. The guards haven’t been identified by police, and Merritt called for XTC to publicly identify them, fire them and urge their cooperation with the investigation.
“It’s not just about me. This is happening all across the country,” Bell said, according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram report. “I haven’t been desensitized to it. When it happens to someone who looks like me, it hurts every time. People think it can’t happen to them, but it can.”
