Cops Probe IHOP Melee Caught On Tape

The Smoking Gun website ^ | 1/25/11 | Smoking Gun

[safeasthebanks]

JANUARY 25--South Carolina cops are attempting to identify the participants in a wild brawl early Saturday at an International House of Pancakes, video of which has gone viral online.

As seen in the below clip--which includes some cursing--the female combatants are seen punching and wrestling with each other as tables are toppled. At one point, a woman picks up a coffee pot and strikes another woman in the head while she is being pinned to a table. Later, a man is seen swinging a cane at the woman who was struck with the coffee pot. The woman, adopting a lion tamer’s pose, picks up a chair and tosses it at the cane wielder.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Third or fourth one that’s been in the news in the last week. In all three, the perps had the same profile (all black, mostly female).

Sounds like some sort of flash-brawl thing being organized on Facebook, but I haven’t heard anything to that effect yet.

[JPG]

One reason why all future Coffee Party meetings have been canceled.

[The Duke]

Welcome to “Obama-merica”!

[nina0113]

Is it just me, or is this really pretty funny, especially all the people vying for good camera angles?

Okay, THAT part was funny. The actual fight was a disgrace.

[isthisnickcool]

Dats sum big a$$es. Good thing no guns made their way in to the fight. Only a walking cane.

[RavenATB]

How many of you knew exactly what you were about to see when the first frame of the video opened up...?

[cripplecreek]

I grew up in a town of 300 and live in a town of less than 200.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

And despite the restaurant having been wrecked by the brawlers, security and management “did not want to pursue any charges on the incident,” according to a sheriff's report.

Why wouldn't the restaurant pursue charges against the combatants?

[artificial intelligence]

Guess they ran out of the Good and Fruity Root and Toody.

[Steely Tom]

One reason why all future Coffee Party meetings have been canceled.

Now that's funny, right there.

[ozzymandus]

My Grandma had a saying about behavior like this that would no longer be considered politically correct.

[org.whodat]

man looks and dresses like a pimp, guess we know who was fighting.

[Hot Tabasco]

Where did the guy get the thing that looks like a crowbar?

That was a cane he uses to convince any PI's who are watching him on behalf of his employer (from whom he is receiving disability benefits) that he is still disabled.......

[Enterprise]

I just damned told ya not be laffing at me when I ordered Rootie Tootie Fresh and Frooty dawg!

[Lurker]

No Lingonberry pancakes?

[Doogle]

"quick order another coffee before there ain't any"

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The number one occupation in Orangeburg is leaving.

[PalmettoMason]

Nope. It was those Amish again, just like I figured.

It really wasn't that much of a guess, though. I live in SC, and see this type of behavior frequently among our Amish citizens.

It's why I won't go to Applebee's or Pizza Hut type restaurants. Can't CCW anyplace that serves alcohol, so I would be at a disadvantage to the jerk with the cane.

[MNDude]

actually, I knew of one ELCA usher that did late term abortions.

[Lemon Curry]

Obviously, we need to ban coffee pots.