Tarrant Police Department
An Alabama metropolis councilman accused of utilizing racial slurs was arrested after punching the city’s Black mayor … and it is all on video.
Police in Tarrant, AL simply launched the footage … and cops say the video exhibits Councilman Thomas Bryant punching Mayor Wayman Newton within the face.
There’s a bunch of people that cops say noticed the punch, which went down Monday within the City Hall parking zone, with witnesses together with the Tarrant Police Department’s personal police chief. Officers arrested Bryant on the scene and took him to jail.
Police say Bryant was initially charged with harassment, however the cost was since upgraded to third-degree assault.
The dispute reportedly arose from a heated assembly inside City Hall, the place Bryant challenged the mayor to step down.
Video exhibits the man who took the punch run away earlier than falling to his knees after which getting again up and leaping round.
Bryant’s been accused of racism prior to now … simply final yr he allegedly referred to a different council member as a “home n*****” throughout a public assembly.