ATLANTA — In an exclusive interview with Channel 2 Action News, a family is speaking for the first time about what led up to a brawl outside a popular Atlanta restaurant.
Channel 2's Audrey Washington obtained exclusive surveillance video of the brawl that broke out at Boogalou Restaurant and Lounge last Sunday.
Two sisters claim an off-duty Atlanta police officer working security threw the first punches.
“It’s just officers just beating your kids and you don’t know what to do,” said Felicia Grace, whose son was punched during the fight.
Grace and her sister, Renay Belin, have filed an official complaint with the Atlanta Police Department.
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Grace told Washington their family was having a night out at the restaurant when there was a discrepancy about their paid VIP seating.
Belin claims one of the owners pushed another man into their nephew and brother and threatened the group before they were tossed out.
"He said, 'You don't want none of this,'" she said.
Washington learned from an owner last week that he did hire the officers to work security that night.
Channel 2 Action News reached out to APD's Public Affairs department, which did not confirm whether the officers were involved.
But APD did release the names of the officers at the scene and told Washington the case is now under investigation.
Meanwhile, the sisters told Washington that they plan to sue the restaurant. They are also fighting to get charges against their family dropped.
"What gives them the right to do what they did to us?" Belin asked.
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