Marine Allegedly Assaulted At McDonald’s, Gang Yelled ‘Do You Believe Black Lives Matter?’

Daily Caller ^ | 2:38 PM 02/15/2016

[drewh]

A former Marine became the target of an alleged assault in a McDonald’s Friday night, as a crowd of youths cornered him and demanded he answer the question, “do you believe black lives matter?” Before knocking him unconscious and robbing him.

Christopher Marquez, a veteran of Iraq and recipient of the Bronze Star for valor, said he was dining at a McDonald’s in northwest D.C. when a group of black teenagers came up to him and allegedly began harassing him about the black lives matter movement. Marquez ignored them which prompted calls and shouts that he was a racist.

Marquez left the establishment after eating, but allegedly sustained a sudden blow to the back of his head outside the McDonald’s, which knocked him unconscious. When he woke up, his pants were ripped and wallet gone, which contained $400 in cash, three credit cards, his VA medical card, school identification, metro card and driver’s license.

“I remember this group of teens harassing me while I was eating, they surrounded my table and kept on asking me ‘Do you believe black lives matter,'” Marquez told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Then they started calling me a racist. I can’t recall if they were saying anything else to me at this moment because the blow to my head really screwed up my memory.”

DeAnthony Mason, manager of the McDonald’s, reviewed security footage and told Marquez in a phone call Saturday that when he left the restaurant a teen with a white shirt struck him on the side of the head, knocking him unconscious. The other teens then converged on his incapacitated body, taking his belongings. The head blow Marquez sustained left his memory dazed, but Mason’s review of security footage helped him piece together what occurred.

Upon regaining consciousness, Marquez found a cab driver willing to drive him to his apartment across from American University, where he attends school. Workers in the lobby called the police on his behalf, who took him to George Washington Hospital where he was evaluated for several hours. Medical documents obtained by The DCNF show Marquez was treated for head trauma and an eye contusion.

Credit card transactions reviewed by The DCNF reveal that the assailants charged over $115 on his various credit cards at a liquor store, Five Guys and Walmart. Mason, the McDonald’s store manager told Marquez that police have been looking for the group of teens for a previous incident.

“I believe this was a hate crime and I was targeted because of my skin color,” Marquez told The DCNF. “Too many of these types of attacks have been happening against white people by members of the black community and the majority of the main stream media refuses to report on it.”

Marquez served eight years active duty in the Marines between 2003 and 2011 in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Rifleman and Scout Sniper. He received the Bronze Star for valor during his first deployment after he carried the body of his slain team leader from combat following an ambush during the Battle of Fallujah.

“When I was in the Marine Corps, I served with people from many different backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and races,” Marquez told The DCNF. “Like all Marines, I fought for the freedom of all Americans and not just one particular group.”

Marquez was also involved in the infamous fire fight dubbed “Hell House” in Fallujah. He and a fellow Marine, Dane Shaffer, pulled out four Marines who were stuck in a house after an insurgent ambush. A picture taken of them pulling Sgt Maj Brad Kasal out of battle served as the inspiration for a famous war memorial of Iraq located in California, reports The Los Angeles Times. Marquez is pictured on the left side holding Kasal by his right arm.

(Sgt Maj Brad Kasal is carried to safety by lance corporals Chris Marquez and Dane Shaffer in Fallujah. Photo by Lucian Read – http://lucianread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iraq-Fallujah/G0000_u3actIywZE/I0000q.ZB57TPMg8)

Officer Anthony Hector of the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the alleged assault. The DCNF reached out to the MPD for comment but no further details could be provided at this time. Marquez described roughly 5 black assailants including one female, ages 16 to 21.

Marquez told The DCNF, “I really think this group of teens is dangerous and will do this type of thing again if they are not caught.”

[PGR88]

Black lives matter advocates, on a beating and robbery spree.

[2banana]

Why is this not a hate crime?

Why is McDonald’s not providing security both in and outside its restaurant?

[drewh]

Sgt Maj Brad Kasal is carried to safety by lance corporals Chris Marquez and Dane Shaffer in Fallujah

[gaijin]

Guy on left side of famous photo

[hal ogen]

He sounds like he is a racist and should be audited. (Complete sarcasm)

[ASA Vet]

Michigan CPL's passed 510,000 this month.

Only a matter of time before punks like these pick on the wrong old man.

[WTFOVR]

This is a bunch garbage that they continuously get away with this crap!

[gaijin]

WHY NOT A HATE CRIME..?

DC Metro Police

Office of Communications
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Rm. 5126
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-4383

[FreedomPoster]

Another story that would go national if the races were reversed.

[gaijin]

Phone: (202) 727-4383

[DoughtyOne]

That’s right.

And when that person takes them down, look for this president to side with the poor innocent youts.

[gaijin]

I remember this story:

The bloody guy took A FULL AK MAGAZINE —all hits, most into the plate.

FULL MAGAZINE.

[MarvinStinson]

Good work, Obama.

[Iron Munro]

I always thought is was sad and an embarrassment to have Washington, DC, the capital of our nation, populated with, and dominated by, such a nasty, disgusting, low-rent, piggish group of people.

But I now realize that is is perfectly fitting as it accurately represents and displays the character and soul of the city and the people there who run the district and the nation.

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[Dilbert San Diego]

NOT that I wish this on anybody, but, perhaps the media narratives would be different, if Chris Mathews or Rachel Maddow or other white liberal members of the media, were subjected to such vicious beatings, such clearly racist attacks.

[fireman15]

Not to self... carry folding knife until concealed weapons permit is renewed.

[funfan]

This is part of Obamas legacy.

[simpson96]

Obama voters.