VA - incident occured in the District of Columbia
Wild story (really happened)- me and 2 friends went to a restaurant after going out this past Thursday for a late night snack. We were in line waiting for our food, when an employee and his friend appear from the back and mentioned that the place is closed when we were about to order. He orders my two friends to leave immediately, I told them that they needed to relax with the tone they used against my friends and was about to head out when one of the persons pushed my hard across the restaurant slamming me against the window. With other people still in line and still in the restaurant, I proceeded to leave the restaurant. I did not notice other customers leave as we left.
Outside, my friend confronted the person who pushed me out (it ends up he is a bouncer next to the store and wasn't an employee at the store). The two get into a physical fight and me and my other friend jump in. (My friend who confronted the bouncer is 5'1 and weights 110, the bouncer is about 6'7 and about 200 pounds, I'm 5'8 and 145, other friend 5'3 and 150)
The bouncer then leaves and goes to his place of work recruiting other people to come and attack us. They proceed to hold my friend who's 5'1 and start attacking him. I attempt to defend him in the process and am thrown to the floor and kicked in the head. The men then all flee to the club that they work for. I contacted the police and the police questioned both my friends. Then the supposed 'owner' of the club comes out and takes to the police with a parade of young women following him shortly (apparantly this means something in the club life). He then leaves and goes back to his club. The restaurant employee then comes out and tells the police that we attacked the bouncer and that he has video tapes to prove it. He then proceeds back to his restaurant.
The police then ask me what occured, I'm a bit frazzed during all this and had blood gushing out of the left side of my head (didn't know this at the time) and mentioned that we had gone out to another place (couldn't remember the name but the officer knew and helped me name it) during the evening and just wanted to get a snack and in the process were attacked. I mentioned to them that I was more concerned about my friends then myself and that I had been the person who had contacted the police.
The police then provides me with a business card and writes 'simple assault' on the back of his card and provides a CCN number. He also stated that an arrest warrent would be issued for the person who did this to me.
All of us were taken to the hospital and were treated for the various bruises that occured. I'm currently trying to obtain a police report for what happened.
Do I have any possiblility of taking this person to court for his actions? Could I sue the restaurant or club for what occured?
After thinking about it, I still don't quite understand why we were attacked. It may have been the fact that we were short guys that the 2 employees just wanted to give a hard time because they were in the mood to bully some smaller people? My two friends were of hispanic decent and that they may have felt that this provided them with an advantage since both were caucasian? I don't know, but definitely feel that we have a case and have a hospital report to describe our injuries alongside pictures from the damage they caused us.
Wild story (really happened)- me and 2 friends went to a restaurant after going out this past Thursday for a late night snack. We were in line waiting for our food, when an employee and his friend appear from the back and mentioned that the place is closed when we were about to order. He orders my two friends to leave immediately, I told them that they needed to relax with the tone they used against my friends and was about to head out when one of the persons pushed my hard across the restaurant slamming me against the window. With other people still in line and still in the restaurant, I proceeded to leave the restaurant. I did not notice other customers leave as we left.
Outside, my friend confronted the person who pushed me out (it ends up he is a bouncer next to the store and wasn't an employee at the store). The two get into a physical fight and me and my other friend jump in. (My friend who confronted the bouncer is 5'1 and weights 110, the bouncer is about 6'7 and about 200 pounds, I'm 5'8 and 145, other friend 5'3 and 150)
The bouncer then leaves and goes to his place of work recruiting other people to come and attack us. They proceed to hold my friend who's 5'1 and start attacking him. I attempt to defend him in the process and am thrown to the floor and kicked in the head. The men then all flee to the club that they work for. I contacted the police and the police questioned both my friends. Then the supposed 'owner' of the club comes out and takes to the police with a parade of young women following him shortly (apparantly this means something in the club life). He then leaves and goes back to his club. The restaurant employee then comes out and tells the police that we attacked the bouncer and that he has video tapes to prove it. He then proceeds back to his restaurant.
The police then ask me what occured, I'm a bit frazzed during all this and had blood gushing out of the left side of my head (didn't know this at the time) and mentioned that we had gone out to another place (couldn't remember the name but the officer knew and helped me name it) during the evening and just wanted to get a snack and in the process were attacked. I mentioned to them that I was more concerned about my friends then myself and that I had been the person who had contacted the police.
The police then provides me with a business card and writes 'simple assault' on the back of his card and provides a CCN number. He also stated that an arrest warrent would be issued for the person who did this to me.
All of us were taken to the hospital and were treated for the various bruises that occured. I'm currently trying to obtain a police report for what happened.
Do I have any possiblility of taking this person to court for his actions? Could I sue the restaurant or club for what occured?
After thinking about it, I still don't quite understand why we were attacked. It may have been the fact that we were short guys that the 2 employees just wanted to give a hard time because they were in the mood to bully some smaller people? My two friends were of hispanic decent and that they may have felt that this provided them with an advantage since both were caucasian? I don't know, but definitely feel that we have a case and have a hospital report to describe our injuries alongside pictures from the damage they caused us.
