Cracker Barrel Bans Beating Suspect For Life

No more Cracker Barrel restaurants ever for one Georgia man. The company has banned the man accused of beating a mother at one of its restaurants from all of its locations for life.

Investigators in Clayton County said Troy West beat Tasha Hill at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Morrow while yelling racial slurs after he nearly hit her 7-year-old daughter while opening the restaurant's door.

Cracker Barrel Bans Suspect From Restaurant For Life

The beating is leading some state lawmakers to consider pushing for a Georgia Hate Crime Law.

"It's past time, but there again, Georgia seems to be kind of at the end of coming on board with things that are of a progressive mode," said State Sen. Gail Buckner.

The FBI is investigating if it will file federal hate crime charges in the case.

West was charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and cruelty to children in the first degree. He is currently out on $5,000 bond. A hearing has been set for Sept. 24 in Clayton County.

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