A Black woman is demanding a boycott of a Washington, D.C. bar after she was dragged out of the establishment by security guards over the weekend.

The incident inspired demonstrators to protest against Nellie’s Sports Bar bar on Sunday afternoon in support of Keisha Young, according to WUSA 9. In a video that has since circulated online, Young identified herself as the woman who was being pulled down a flight of stairs by her hair.

Although Nellie's, a popular LGBTQ+ bar in the D.C. community, was packed over the weekend, WUSA 9 reports it's unclear what transpired prior to the woman being forcefully removed.

Young said the incident happened shortly after she walked up the flight of stairs to the bar, adding that she did nothing to provoke the aggressive behavior from security.

“It was an altercation in there,” she said. “They were trying to get some other people out because somebody else brought a bottle in there. Somehow I got mixed up in an altercation because I look like somebody else and I got hit and dragged down the steps.”

The 22-year-old said she was grateful to receive support from concerned community members who protested at Nellie’s on Sunday.

"I didn't expect it to turn into something like this, to be honest, but I'm feeling very warm that a lot of people are out here helping support me,” Young said.

Nee Nee Taylor, a co-conductor with local Black-led abolitionist group Harriet’s Dreams, helped Young gather her belongings following the incident, The Washington City Paper reports. Taylor said she asked a bar employee if they could set up a meeting between Young and the bar’s owner, Douglas Schantz. The owner was not present at Nellie’s at the time and did not indicate any plans to visit at the woman’s request.

Protesters later took their demonstrations to Schantz's home.

“The owner of Nellie’s don’t care enough about Black people to come and make sure that his Black patron, who is Keisha, was safe and OK,” Taylor said. “So we ask the people to protest and boycott Nellie’s because the owner, who is a White man, don’t care about Black women. If he cared, he would come out here and be concerned about what security done to a Black woman in his club.”

During conversations with a number of Nellie’s workers on Sunday, Taylor says one security guard told her that they are taught to remove rude patrons the best way they can.

Following the incident, Nellie's released a statement on social media as the protests picked up.

"We were incredibly upset and disturbed to see the unfortunate event that took place at Nellie’s last night. We are undergoing a full investigation of the situation. At Nellie’s, we foster an inclusive and safe environment, so events like this are completely unacceptable to us,” bar officials wrote on Instagram.

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