State v. English

GeoRGE Ferguson, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant, George English Jr., a black male, and his friend, Leonard Rose, a white male, were at Denny’s Restaurant. The waitress asked Leonard Rose to leave because he did not pay his bill the last time he was there. When Leonard Rose refused, the waitress summoned two police officers who were in the restaurant at the time. Leonard Rose was instructed by the officers that he would have to leave the restaurant. Defendant was instructed that he could stay. When defendant began to ask questions, the officers instructed him that he, too, would have to leave.

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