Arkansas restaurant customers brawl over social distancing dispute
A fight broke out at Saltgrass Steak House in Little Rock
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}How close is too close for comfort?
The rules of social distancing amid the coronavirus health crisis can be contentious, which recently sparked a wild brawl at an Arkansas restaurant.
A fight broke out at Saltgrass Steak House in Little Rock on Saturday night over the matter, Fox 16 reports, in a dispute that quickly became violent. According to a police report from the Little Rock Police Department, a woman wearing a face mask told two other patrons – who were not wearing masks – that they were too close for comfort.
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“You’re supposed to be 6 feet away from me!” the woman exclaimed, in now-viral video footage that has since received over 96,000 views on Twitter.
An argument ensued, and a man wearing a USA shirt walked over to the bar, where the mask-wearing woman and her boyfriend were seated. The situation escalated when the man in the USA shirt got even closer to the woman and her boyfriend, per the police report.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“The guy came up and was touching on his back and giving him a little shove and he just wasn’t taking it and that’s when it all started,” witness Seth Crews told the outlet.
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As seen in the video footage, the woman’s boyfriend appeared to throw a bottle, and a brawl ensued.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“All the restaurant employees were trying to help, they were just in shock like the rest of us,” Crews said.
He added that his brother got involved, and tried to break the fight up.
According to the outlet, no one involved in the fight has yet filed any charges, the county prosecutor said.
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Bars in Arkansas were allowed to reopen for business on May 26, albeit with seating restricted to 33 percent of the total capacity for indoor and outdoor dining spaces, per Fox 13.