re: Incident at Tiger Paw on Coursey this evening

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The unbelievable part is the fact that you didn't expect this type of show.

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To be honest, I totally did not expect this.

But...does that make it right? or acceptable?

Why didn't you help?

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town. But let's keep the masses thinking it's just a shady daquiri shop with bar food.

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Someone got beat with a pool cue and the owner approved it. It’s certainly a shady place.

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If she hangs out with thugs in a non-pubic place...there won't be anyone to help her. But at a public restaurant there should be (owners/patrons) that do the right thing.

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I can't help but contrast your story with an unfortunate incident I witnessed in a bar in Odessa, Ukraine while working in the merchant marine that involved a black American sailor and a Ukrainian white woman.

I don't the know the particulars of what actually happened, but it ended up with the black sailor slapping the piss out of the woman.

I can't imagine what he could have possibly been thinking, but I always assumed that he figured it would be like in the United States where no one would bother confronting the angry and aggressive black man, and before that thought probably even left his head, about a half dozen Ukrainian men came over and beat him completely unconscious.

As he was lying knocked out on the floor they then pulled down his pants to expose where two women squatted over him who then dropped their pants down to urinate on him while bar patrons clapped and cheered them on.

I was never so scared and shameful in all my life, but what the hell was I suppose to do. I wasn't about to get my arse beaten unconscious because some black guy got culturally confused in a Eastern European country.

Me and a couple of others sailors were able at least to get the other black sailor he was drinking with safely out the bar.

Anyway, thanks for triggering a very unpleasant memory for me tonight.

Write reviews of the incident on Google, yelp TripAdvisor and the like.

I never said that I disagreed with you, just that there was a lack of context and a timeline leading up to what you witnessed. That, and most people that try to burn a place down over the internet / social media tend to have ulterior motives. Most people share their experience, if they feel the need to, and move on.

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Sir Drinksalot

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I actually believe you 100%.

I used to go there when I lived in Hickory Ridge, before it was called Tiger Paw, when it was the Bourbon Street Bar & Grill, before they expanded and still had the copper mirror wall with the fireplace. The food was great and they had 2 for 1 daquiris on Tuesdays.

But I’ve since moved out of state. I was in town last week for the St. Patty’s Parade and decided to stop by for a late night drink. I was shocked by the Friday night crowd. Looked like the entire Section 8 apartment complex behind it was at the bar. Totally packed, and I was certainly the minority there. Although oddly enough, the pay-for-play jukebox was apparently being dominated by a few baws playing nothing but heavy metal the entire time I was there. It was a bizarre sight to see. I had my drink and gtfo.

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Its also on Coursey boulevard...not North Baton Rouge or even a somewhat sketchy area of town.

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The whole city is sketchy. Stop lying to us and yourself.
Also, who brings their kids to eat in a bar?

I day drink there all the time. I have never seen anyone order food in that place. Just adults at the bar.

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Someone from our table jumps up and runs over yelling at the guy to stop.

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There was only one man at our table - and he got up to handle things.

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 Sir Drinksalot

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Hmm. Have you always been a woman or just when a fight breaks out?