DEMARCO: NOW AND 11, MEMBERS OF
THE LPG CUBE SAY THEY WERE
VICTIMS OF A CRIME ARE SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST THE DISCRIMINATION.
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I'M DEMARCO.
SUZANNE IS OFF.
THREE TRENCH JESTER WOMEN TO
SMOKE OUT AND THEY SAY THEY WERE
ATTACKED THE POPULAR DOWNTOWN LA
LOUNGE LAST MUNCH.
LIVE IN WOODLAND HILLS WE PUT AN
UPDATE.
KARA.
DEMARCO THE FRIENDS SAY THEY
WERE VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY
ATTACKED THE LOUNGE.
THEY SAY IT STOPPED WE PUT A
COUPLE OF SLURS BUT THEN IT
TURNED PHYSICAL.
TO ACT TRY TO INTERVENE TO
PREVENT INJURY TO BERNADETTE,
THE COUPLE ONLY BECAME MORE
VIOLENT.
THE FEMALE AGGRESSOR, THREW
PUNCHES AT ME.
THE COUPLE THEN THREATENED OUR
LIVES BY STAYING, I'M GOING TO
COME BACK AND KILL YOU ALL.
CELL PHONE VIDEO RECORDED AT
THE END OF THE INCIDENT, WENT
VIRAL.
THE FRIENDS AND THEY ASKED
SECURITY FOR HELP THE GUARDS DID
ESCORT APPLICABLE BUT THEY SAID
INSTEAD OF CALLING POLICE, THEY
WERE THEN PHYSICALLY FORCED OUT.
THEY TOLD US THEY'D BEEN HANGING
OUT WE PUT COLLEAGUES FROM THE
NSTAR WHICH OFFERS HEALTHCARE
SERVICES TO LB GQ.
THE OWNER SAID THEY WERE
FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WHEN THEY
ASKED EVERYONE TO LEAVE.
I ASKED MANAGEMENT NUMEROUS
TIME TO CALL 911.
BUT THEY FELT TO DO SO.
I ASKED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES NOT
TO REMOVE US FROM THEIR
ESTABLISHMENT.
BUT THEY FAILED TO LISTEN.
THERE WERE PROTESTS AFTER THE
INCIDENT OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT
AND THE LAPD SAYS THEY HAVE
LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION.
THE LOUNGE OWNERS SAY THEY HAVE
SINCE POSTED THEY ARE HIRING NEW
SECURITY GUARDS WHO HAVE
UNDERGONE SENSITIVITY TRAINING.
NUMBER FOUR COLLEAGUES HERE
TODAY, ARE CALLING ON THE LUNGES
OWNERS TO MEET WE PUT THEM ABOUT
MORE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES.
AS WELL AS COMPENSATION, THEY
HAVE NOT FILED A LAWSUIT AT THIS
TIME.
BACK HERE LIVE DEMARCO, THE
