KEY POINTS

  • The accused threatened to hurt people and said he had a gun
  • He punched the bartender, knocking her unconscious 
  • The bartender suffered a concussion and was recovering

A man was caught on camera attacking a female bartender during a racist rant at a restaurant in Nokomis, Florida.

The accused, identified as 36-year-old Nicholas Schock, began threatening to hurt people after he was asked to leave the "Pop’s Sunset Grill" premises on Friday, July 31. Schock also reportedly said he had a gun.

A video of the incident showed the accused yelling, "The Aryan nation will rule the world. People covered in tattoos will be my closest relatives, I promise you." He was then seen making a sexual threat toward a woman.

When Schock was confronted by two men, he replied, "I don’t care, call Donald Trump. Do you know Donald Trump? If you don’t know Donald Trump, I’m not going anywhere."

Schock was then seen punching a female bartender, identified as Kisha Biche, and knocking her unconscious. The witnesses immediately restrained the accused by putting him in a headlock until the officials of the Sheriff's Department arrived. The man was taken into custody. Biche suffered a concussion and was recovering.

The restaurant said, "At approximately, 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, a troubled 36-year-old male entered our premises and immediately began spewing erratic hate dialogue. We made every effort to remove him within minutes after his arrival while simultaneously speaking with 911 dispatch police officers. Unfortunately, he violently attacked one of our staff. He was immediately subdued and held until the Sheriff arrived," in a statement to CBS Miami.

"We’d like to thank our community for their unparalleled support and empathy. Pop’s Sunset Grill is grateful of the heroic efforts of our staff, owner and customers that apprehended the individual within seconds of his violent assault of our brave bartender that stood between him and our customers in a protective mode. She is recovering at home on paid medical leave. In the 20 years of our current ownership this is the first incident of violent assault."

Biche’s husband said he wanted the accused to be severely charged.

"It does make me feel a little bit safer knowing that, not even for my wife, not for me, not for anyone else, but for anyone knowing that he is going to be more than likely staying behind bars until the law can do what the law needs to do," he told CBS Miami.

Investigation was ongoing and charges levied against the accused were not known.

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