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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:22 AM Aug 2018

Ugly American...




https://www.facebook.com/dynamq/videos/235779623788630/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-man-assaulted-ugandan-receptionist-hotel_us_5b7378aee4b02b415d73773f

Uganda police arrested an older American man after reviewing a video that showed him striking out at hotel workers and using racial slurs.

The police identified the man as Jimmy L. Taylor, a U.S. citizen who claims to be a missionary. The alleged assault took place in the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, the capital, according to police. Video of the incident surfaced on the internet on Friday, but it is unclear when it was filmed.

In the video, Taylor can be seen punching and slapping at the workers. He also calls them “n****rs,” tells them they have to obey him and threatens to kill them.

Police brought Taylor to Kampala’s Central Police Station, where he was charged with assault. The Uganda Police Force did not immediately return HuffPost’s request for comment.


The four-minute video begins with Taylor behind the reception desk, knocking things off tables while the hotel workers get out of his way. He follows the workers to the lobby, where he berates them and accuses them of hating Jesus.




In the lobby, the American approaches one of the workers and hits him several times as another employee tries to intervene. The workers try to calm him down, but Taylor continues to insult and attack them.

“Fuck Uganda,” Taylor yells at one point. “I’ve come to love Uganda, I’ve come to help Uganda, but Uganda hates Jesus through this son-of-a-bitch.”

“You obey what I say,” Taylor says later. “I don’t obey you. You understand me? Open my goddamn room. N****r bitch!”

Taylor told police that he is a religious missionary and former U.S. Marine, the Kampala Post reported.

He claims the assault was due to an illness that caused him to have stress, according to the Post.



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malaise

(267,455 posts)
2. I'd deport him within hours and declare him and the rest of
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:59 AM
Aug 2018

imperial religious fools persona non grata. GTFOOMC!

Phoenix61

(16,926 posts)
5. The staff were amazingly patient with him.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:16 AM
Aug 2018

I don't know what the laws are in that country but taking him to the floor and sitting on him until the police arrived would not have been out of line.

tblue37

(64,860 posts)
7. Well, that will teach them to love Jesus, won't it? The beatings will continue
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:22 AM
Aug 2018

until morale improves.

tblue37

(64,860 posts)
9. WWJP? Who would Jesus punch? Who would Jesus flip the bird at and call the N-word?
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:26 AM
Aug 2018

Missionaries are soooo holy!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
11. They did not respond to his provocation
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:50 AM
Aug 2018

He tried to provoke them to hit him back. He escalated from B**tch to the N word and still did not get punched back.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,266 posts)
13. Now I wonder about the preacher that Erdogan is holding in Turkey.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 11:46 AM
Aug 2018

If the guy in Turkey is like this guy in Uganda, let him stay in Turkey. I'm sure Jesus loves him.

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