He was made aware of the situation. He chose to ignore the warning, with predictable results.
The story reads that the one friend was warned but isn’t clear if the other friend was warned. They vacated the first restaurant and went to another restaurant that appeared deserted.
The two were stalked by a lynch mob:
“... Weems’ house, Knighten said, they went into a Huddle House restaurant with a nearly vacant parking lot.
However, he said, they apparently had been followed by more than 20 people.”
“she was told not to wear short skirts, she chose to ignore the warning.....with predictable results...”
Yeah it sounds JUST like that....
So let’s say you have a small Southern town. And a black guy starts to go in a restaurant and is politely told, “ we don’t want any blacks around here”.
Would you say the same thing?