Eric Holder accused of being racist while dining in Raising Canes

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What started as a man asking to borrow a phone in a Raising Cane's escalated to accusations of racism and a brawl Friday. The situation ended when a concealed carry holder detained him at gunpoint until police arrived, according to the Temple Police Department.

Now Eric Holder, the man who pulled the weapon, and his family want to know why the restaurant's management "did nothing to help."

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Holder said he was eating at the 1304 S. 31st St. location with his family Friday evening when a young man approached him asking to borrow his phone.

Holder said he made the call on speaker so he could be the one holding on to it.

The man started arguing and accused Holder of racism because Holder wouldn't let him hold the phone himself. The man then went outside to get a friend, later identified as 21-year-old Christian Watts.

Holder said Watts attacked him and hit his wife in the head during the fight.

"I dislocated my shoulder. I got bruised ribs from it," Holder said. "All because I didn't hand over my cellphone."

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Holder pulled his gun and pointed it at Watts to detain him until police arrived around 7 p.m., according to arrest records.

Watts was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury.

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Holder said he was angry with the way the restaurant's management handled the situation.

"The manager was standing there in the middle of the floor as I was fighting this individual, begging him to help,” Holder said.

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