{"id":66566,"date":"2021-04-21T15:49:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/21\/4-black-soldiers-harrased-by-ihop-patron\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:12:17","slug":"4-black-soldiers-harrased-by-ihop-patron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2021\/04\/21\/4-black-soldiers-harrased-by-ihop-patron\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Black soldiers harassed by IHOP patron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When four Black soldiers from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, went to lunch at an off-post IHOP April 19, they were expecting to have a quiet meal and some conversation before returning to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn\u2019t quite work out that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unidentified white woman offered cash to pay for their meals, but returned shortly after to take the money back. She then began harassing them, as well as other patrons and restaurant workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the soldiers, all of whom remain unnamed, filmed the incident and uploaded it to TikTok, and Fort Belvoir officials are now investigating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@musiqcitizen\/video\/6953101162799189253\" data-video-id=\"6953101162799189253\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@musiqcitizen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@musiqcitizen\">@musiqcitizen<\/a> <p><a title=\"alllivesmatter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/alllivesmatter\">##AllLivesMatter<\/a> <a title=\"saynotoracism\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/saynotoracism\">##SayNoToRacism<\/a> <a title=\"blm\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blm\">##BLM<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Jo\u00e9 Jeffers Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6953100813472500485\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Jo\u00e9 Jeffers Jr.<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe offered to pay for their meal, which is not uncommon when people meet military personnel, it\u2019s a gesture as a way to thank them for their service,\u201d said Joe Richard, director of public affairs for Fort Belvoir, in a statement to Military Times. \u201cShe placed $30 on their table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moments later, however, she took $24 back, leaving just $6 on the table as she exited, Richard noted. Shortly thereafter, she returned to the restaurant and began harassing the four of them, claiming that they had stolen her money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou guys are \u2026 shitbags,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman then sat down in the booth, blocking one of the soldiers from moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe became antagonistic, claiming the soldiers had taken her money and directed racially charged language at the soldiers,\u201d Richard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They politely asked her to please leave, but she refused. The soldier stuck in the booth climbed over it to extricate himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre you the thin blue line, are you BLM, are you antifa?\u201d the woman yelled as they gathered their leftovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unnamed patron, purported to be an Air Force veteran in the TikTok video, attempted to intervene, asking the woman to leave. She then confronted him, spewing obscenities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@musiqcitizen\/video\/6953290312928349445\" data-video-id=\"6953290312928349445\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@musiqcitizen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@musiqcitizen\">@musiqcitizen<\/a> <p>Air Force Vet steps in to defends us from Racist White Woman \u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f<a title=\"soldierlivesmatter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/soldierlivesmatter\">##SoldierLivesMatter<\/a> <a title=\"saynotoracism\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/saynotoracism\">##SayNoToRacism<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Jo\u00e9 Jeffers Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6953290215129680646\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Jo\u00e9 Jeffers Jr.<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs this your restaurant? she said. \u201cMotherfucker, I will fucking drop you. 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