Waffle House has become embroiled in a new public scandal, and African-American activists are calling for a boycott. Early this week, a of 22-year-old Anthony Wall getting choked by a police officer outside of a Waffle House in Warsaw, North Carolina.
The young black man had escorted his 16-year-old sister to her prom and entered the Waffle House in his tuxedo. Video footage shows a loud argument between Wall, his sister and Waffle House employees. Police were called, and the viral video shows them pushing him against a window, choking him and slamming him to the ground.
News & Observer reporter Abbie Bennett has interviewed the victim and the police. She joins host Frank Stasio to give and the .
