Ga. man arrested after police say he screamed racial slurs outside Dollar General

ROME, Ga. — A north Georgia man was arrested after police say he stood outside of a Dollar General store and yelled racial slurs.

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Barry Lee Weems, 56, was arrested on Sunday in Rome.

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Police said Weems was “making (a) loud and boisterous disturbance in a public place” while he yelled slurs in the Dollar General’s parking lot.

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Weems was charged with one count of disorderly conduct.

Police did not reveal which slurs Weems was using or what led up to his outburst.

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