Barber Allegedly Pulls Gun After Telling Customer, "I Don't Cut Black Hair"

[Hotlantan]

Barber Allegedly Pulls Gun After Telling Customer, "I Don't Cut Black Hair"

This week, police in South Carolina arrested a 65-year-old barber for allegedly brandishing a pistol after refusing to cut a man’s hair because he was black, the Associated Press reports.

37-year-old Arthur Hill, who recently moved to the state from New York, says he entered Larry Thomas’ barbershop looking for a simple shave on Tuesday when the barber told him, “I don’t cut black hair.” Hill says he then asked Thomas what he meant and the barber pulled out a gun. From WFMY News:

“I said, ‘Are you referring to African American hair?’ He said, ‘Yeah,’ and at the time I noticed he already had his hand gripped on a .38 snub nose chrome revolver.”

Hill says he told Thomas he didn’t want any trouble and left, but he contacted the York County Sheriff’s Office.

“I was shocked, I was shocked for my life, because I’m thinking that could’ve been me laying on the floor dead,” he said. “He did not point it at me, but it was clear in sight like he meant business.”

According to police, Thomas denied grabbing the weapon and claimed he kept his guns locked up in a shed behind the shop. In the shed, officers say they recovered the handgun described by Hill.

Thomas later told WFMY News he refuses to cut black hair because he doesn’t know how. Asked why he kept a gun in his shop, Thomas told the news network, “I felt threatened.”

Thomas now faces a charge of pointing and presenting firearms at a person. According to Hill’s wife, the confrontation was their first “racial incident” since moving to South Carolina in December.

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[zedi]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

 

[jasonblacc]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

Man he was asking for this type of treatment

 

[silentking]

37-year-old Arthur Hill, who recently moved to the state from New York, says he entered Larry Thomas’ barbershop looking for a simple shave on Tuesday when the barber told him, “I don’t cut black hair.” Hill says he then asked Thomas what he meant and the barber pulled out a gun. From WFMY News:

The day bgolians learns to read will be an achievement for us as a people.

 

[LordSinister]

Had a Cac in Catalina tell me the same shit. Was trying to get a clean shave to take the wife out for dinner. Fuck him and his shitty ass shop.

 

[Dirtylakerie]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

Lol man I moved to the westside. A few years ago. Theres a fucking barber shop across the fucking street where i live at. Owned by some white people. I know gawd dam well not to roll up in that bitch asking for a fade. So whenever i need a cut i take that drive all the way to the eastside.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

The day bgolians learns to read will be an achievement for us as a people.

Still stands
I'm not letting a cac hold a razor to my neck.

 

[jasonblacc]

Still stands
I'm not letting a cac hold a razor to my neck.

A cac is not using a razor, scissors, or clippers on me ever.

 

[Maxxam]

Barbershop/hair salon is one of the only examples where we keep it Black... we need to extend that

 

[durham]

why would a Black person decide to ever get a shave or cut from a white person?? Shit just does not make sense to me. Fuck this dude for pulling the strap, but have some fucking group think for once. Find a Black spot

 

[RoomService]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber?

Never had a cac or woman cut my hair

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Never had a cac or woman cut my hair

Women can cut. A woman cuts my hair now. Legit shop not no honeypot shit. .
Taper fade line up the beard trim the mustache razor line and shampoo for $20....by a woman

Can't beat that I'm going to her long as she cuts hair lol

 

[JamesATL]

"Sheriff's deputies told Channel 9 they found reports on Thomas dating back to 2007 showing he's refused service to blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics, children and a disabled veteran once complained about him."


some how republicans will say, GOD allows this, and its ok to refuse service to anyone.

 

[The Untouchable GDFOLKS]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

A black dude that has a white girlfriend, has a bunch of white friends and swears that there is no more racism. The "come on bra all white people are not like that" ass nigga.

 

[Venom]

Finding a black barber when you are overseas gets interesting. Japanese barbers on base were better than most barbers in Cali now. Most barbers in Cali in it for the cash.

 

[ShortyCumStain]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

Minus well had went to Super Cuts.

 

[gene cisco]

It's better to go to Walmart, buy some clippers and/or razors, go to the store restroom, do your own shit, and then return the merchandise.

That said, picking out these billy bob earl looking cacs is an easy way to a lawsuit. They either going to fuck your shit up or do this dumb shit. And it's not like the cac in question looks like he's reasonable. He looks like Leatherface's front man for the butcher shop. FOH

 

[ShortyCumStain]

Women can cut. A woman cuts my hair now. Legit shop not no honeypot shit. .
Taper fade line up the beard trim the mustache razor line and shampoo for $20....by a woman

Can't beat that I'm going to her long as she cuts hair lol

A woman knows what she like to see a nigga head lookin' like and what other heauxs like too so therfore, they're proficient. Niggas better learn da game.

 

[Mentor B]

Just so you know the brother was on a break from work and just needed a quick shave. Beards weren't allowed at his job.

“I Don’t Cut Black Hair:” White Barber Arrested After Pulling Gun On Customer
Larry Thomas, 65, was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting firearms at a person, police say.

ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) - A Rock Hill barber is facing charges after he reportedly showed a gun on a would-be customer after telling the man that he "does not cut black hair."

According to a York County Sheriff's Office report, a 37-year-old man went to a barber shop along the 2100-block of Celanese Road around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The man reportedly asked Larry Thomas, 65, for a hair cut and Thomas told him he "does not cut black hair." According to the report, the man asked Thomas what that meant and Thomas "grabbed a pistol in his right hand, holding it to his side."

The man told deputies that Thomas never pointed the gun at him, but he left the store when the gun came out. That's when he called police.

According to the report, Thomas denied the allegations saying that he remembered the man coming to his shop, but never said anything about not cutting black hair and not pulling out a gun.

Thomas told the deputy that he keeps his handguns locked up in a shed behind the shop. When Thomas showed the deputies his handguns, the deputies notice a gun that was similar to the one the man had described - a chrome-colored revolver that looked like a snub nose .38 caliber. The gun was taken into evidence.

Thomas was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting firearms at a person. He was booked in the Moss Justice Center and held on a $3,000 bond.

WBTV's Coleen Harry spoke to Thomas, Wednesday afternoon, inside his Rock Hill barber shop, where he recounted what happened.

"And I told him I did not do black hair and he kept coming towards me and I stepped back here and I always keep a gun right here and I just picked up my gun and put my gun at my side" Thomas said.

He defended himself saying he's not a racist and wasn't trained, and isn't experienced, with cutting African-American hair.

"That's when he got into my face and said 'you meant African-American now, didn't you?'," Thomas told WBTV.

He says he wasn't aware that telling a potential customer that was "a bad thing."

"I don't do flat tops. White people wear flat tops. I no longer cut women's hair because I'm not good enough to cut women's hair anymore. The only thing I do is I stick with my middle age group of men," he said. "I'm just not good enough to do black hair cutting at all. Being an autistic individual, I pretty much stick to my routine."

Thomas told WBTV he has autism and doesn't like to be confronted by people.
He claims the man kept walking toward him and practically came into the back room of the shop and he felt threatened. That's when he says he picked up hisweapon and kept it at his side by his leg. Following Tuesday's report, WBTV obtained eight other reports documenting calls to the sheriff's office from the barber shop. The reports date back to 2007.

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   In most of the reports, service was denied to a would-be customer - which included an Asian-American, a Latino, white men, a child and a disabled vet.
   
   In an April 2007 report, Thomas is accused of showing a man a stun gun after refusing him service.
   
   In July of the same year, a man says he and his friends went into the shop and was denied service. When he was leaving, he told deputies that Thomas "lifted up his shirt and revealed a lack in color handgun that appeared to be a 9mm."
   
   Thomas is accused of pulling out a rifle, in another July 2007 report, after the father of a young child - who was refused service - came into the shop to find out why. The man's wife says Thomas told them to leave and "flipped" them off, Thomas says the wife cursed at him and the husband approached him in a threatening matter.
   
   In two other incidents, April 2009 and January 2013, Thomas is accused of pulling a gun on a potential customer.
   
   A September 2007 report from the sheriff's office states that Thomas got into an argument with a customer about the way he wanted his hair cut. Thomas reportedly told the man he would not cut his hair the way he wanted it, so the man left.
   
   According to the report, the two argued as the man was leaving and Thomas followed him outside with a can of pepper spray. The customer told deputies Thomas approached him while he was in his vehicle and pointed the pepper spray at him.
   
   The man says he felt threatened and hit Thomas as Thomas sprayed him. Thomas sprayed him a second time, according to the report, before the man was able to get away and call for help.
   
   Thomas told deputies that the man assaulted him.
   
   Wednesday afternoon, Thomas told WBTV that he's had white people get upset with him.
   
   Copyright 2016 WBTV. All rights reserved

 

[doe moe]

DEATH to all cracker ass crackers PAST-PRESENT-AND FUTURE!

 

[Flawless]

Can't vote for trump with his record now

 

[slewdem100]

Damn...look at all those incidents...get that threatening thug off the streets

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Being an autistic individual. That's a funny statement to make.

 

[lazarus]

held on $3,000 bond. sounds like you need to cut as many black hair as you can.

 

[Mello Mello]

Not the kinda fade he looking for.

 

[KingAddies]

I got my hair cut twice by white barbers in SC - once in Summerville and near Greenville. When you travel for business a lot you have to go wherever is open. I've seen some weird shit hunting for barber shops, laundry and food in a strange city.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Op suspect

 

[shaddyvillethug]

I got my hair cut twice by white barbers in SC - once in Summerville and near Greenville. When you travel for business a lot you have to go wherever is open. I've seen some weird shit hunting for barber shops, laundry and food in a strange city.

Don't you have dreads bredren?

 

[KingAddies]

Don't you have dreads bredren?

Nope. Not a rasta, not follow fashion dread either. This hairline is meant for a low brush cut only. LoL.
I like being able to walk in any barber shop and say 'gimme a number one all over' and get the same results every time.

 

[Bluelaser]

I wouldn't want my hair cut and even more a shave by a white barber that looks like a serial killer.

 

[CarpeDiem]

 

[carrio2tuff]

he a dumb NY nigga who dont believe the white man is the devil and refer to himself as african american. Black are the original people of the earth PERIOD

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

What black dude you know would go to a white barber? Especially one looking like that?????

this guy...

 

[jokekofi]

Man he was asking for this type of treatment

The way my ppl flock to white ppl surprises me. I have so much pride in self, i can't see this clown even attempting to comb my hair let alone walking up to him for a cut. Shitty ass niggas in this country for real.

 

[Tuco]

this guy...

Puts it ALLL together now!

What a fuckin clown. Look at him. White barber aint never a thought in my mind to do...