Nashville Waffle House customer orders hash browns maced, tazed, and zip tied

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A Nashville man trying to order a hash brown bowl at an area Waffle House claims he was instead hit in the face with bear spray, taken to the ground with a stun gun, and immobilized with plastic zip-ties following a confrontation with the cook that went off the rails.

Gregory Lynn Hall, 62, says he was assaulted by a riot gear-clad security guard at the restaurant after getting in the middle of an argument between the cook and a server who turned out to be the cook’s wife, according to a six-figure lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

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“Mr. Hall entered the restaurant to order when the cook began shouting profanities and told him to get out and go to the window to order his food,” the complaint goes on. “[Hall] went to the window to place his order, and the female Waffle House employee came to the window to take his order, but before she could do so the cook began to use profanities again towards [Hall] and the woman, telling the female Waffle House Employee to ‘get the ‘f’ back over there.’”

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Hall was “astonished by the cook’s demeaning tone and disrespect towards his fellow employee,” according to the complaint, which says Hall stepped in and asked the cook why he was talking to the server in such a way. It says the cook replied, “That’s my f****** wife, you don’t tell me how to talk to her.”

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After snapping the photo, the complaint says a uniformed security guard on the premises confronted Hall and told him to leave. Hall said he was going to stick around until his food was ready, prompting the security guard to go to his truck and don riot gear, according to the complaint. He then returned with bear spray, and let it go in Hall’s face, the complaint alleges.

As Hall “tried to back away,” the security guard followed Hall outside and “used a stun gun/taser on Mr. Hall, sending strong waves of electricity through his body, causing intense pain and discomfort,” the complaint states.

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