sicklecell
12-09-2009, 09:03 PM
Dallas Mavericks reserve forward Tim Thomas is an assault suspect in a melee that occurred early today at a Denny's, according to police records.
No arrests have been made.
The fracas occurred about 3 a.m. at the Denny’s in the 4400 block of North Central Expressway, adjacent to the La Quinta Inn near Fitzhugh Avenue.
Thomas, another man and three women entered the Denny’s. Damien Pettie, 29, recognized Thomas. He told police he addressed the basketball player by saying, “What’s up?” Thomas told him not to talk to him, using curse words and racial and anti-gay epithets. Pettie responded with profanity.
The man with Thomas then struck Pettie twice in the face, breaking his lip open.
“Then all parties within both groups began to throw chairs, knock over tables, and fight each other” until the store manager told them he was going call police.
A man identified as Thomas threw a chair that struck Moya Kissick, striking her in her left side.
Thomas and his group then left the restaurant before police arrived.
Pettie told The Dallas Morning News that someone else -- not Thomas -- threw the chair.
He said that when he and his friends passed by Thomas’ table and he addressed the player by saying, “What’s up?” Thomas responded that that he didn’t talk to “faggots.” The police report also quoted Pettie as saying Thomas used that term.
Pettie told The News he later passed Thomas’ table again, and that Thomas made another remark derogatory remark about gays.“I asked one of the guys, ‘What the hell did you say?’ ’’ Pettie said. “As Tim continued to instigate the situation, one of the guys hit me in my mouth. Another one of his friends hit me. They pushed me down onto a table.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121009dnmettimthomas.337c6828b.html
No arrests have been made.
The fracas occurred about 3 a.m. at the Denny’s in the 4400 block of North Central Expressway, adjacent to the La Quinta Inn near Fitzhugh Avenue.
Thomas, another man and three women entered the Denny’s. Damien Pettie, 29, recognized Thomas. He told police he addressed the basketball player by saying, “What’s up?” Thomas told him not to talk to him, using curse words and racial and anti-gay epithets. Pettie responded with profanity.
The man with Thomas then struck Pettie twice in the face, breaking his lip open.
“Then all parties within both groups began to throw chairs, knock over tables, and fight each other” until the store manager told them he was going call police.
A man identified as Thomas threw a chair that struck Moya Kissick, striking her in her left side.
Thomas and his group then left the restaurant before police arrived.
Pettie told The Dallas Morning News that someone else -- not Thomas -- threw the chair.
He said that when he and his friends passed by Thomas’ table and he addressed the player by saying, “What’s up?” Thomas responded that that he didn’t talk to “faggots.” The police report also quoted Pettie as saying Thomas used that term.
Pettie told The News he later passed Thomas’ table again, and that Thomas made another remark derogatory remark about gays.“I asked one of the guys, ‘What the hell did you say?’ ’’ Pettie said. “As Tim continued to instigate the situation, one of the guys hit me in my mouth. Another one of his friends hit me. They pushed me down onto a table.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121009dnmettimthomas.337c6828b.html