Drunk and Disorderly/Drunk in Public in Royal Oak, Michigan- Assaulted by Bouncer For No Reason
I was in Royal Oak over the weekend at the Royal Oak Music Theater for Beer Fest. My friends and I knew we would be drinking so we took a cab to Royal Oak and planned on taking a cab home. After we went to Beer Fest we headed over to a couple different bars. My friends and I were all together. One bar we went to refused to serve me but kept serving my friends. I asked them why they wouldn’t serve me and they told me I was too drunk. I really wasn’t drunk, so I asked one of my friends who was still being served if he could get me a drink. He got me a drink and I started to drink it. We were just hanging out and talking and then all of a sudden I was yanked back by my shoulders by the bouncer. The bouncer grabbed me by my arm, took my drink and started to force me out of the bar. He had my arm bent behind my back and it was really starting to hurt me to I tried to rip my arm out of his hand. I guess he thought I was trying to fight him but really I was just trying to get my arm free because he was hurting me. He threw me out of the bar on the sidewalk and he threw my head into the ground. I asked him what the hell he was doing and I kept telling him to calm down because I didn’t do anything. He told me to shut the f*$% up and he had his arm pressed against my face and my face was pressed against the ground. Before I knew it I was getting arrested by the Royal Oak Police Department. I still am not sure why the bouncer assaulted me or hit me but I guess it was cuz my friend bought me a drink after they told me I couldn’t. But I wasn’t out of control and I wasn’t even driving home and I don’t think I should have been assaulted or beat up like that by the bouncer. My friends were there and they saw the whole thing. Now the police are trying to charge me with being drunk and disorderly or drunk in public or something like that. I have a clean record and I have never been introuble of any kind before in my life. Is that a criminal charge? I guess I just wanna know if I can keep my record clean, since I wasn’t drunk or acting crazy or out of control and then also if there is something I can do about that bouncer. Can I sue the bouncer or start a lawsuit or something? I have a black eye now and I work in an office job and it is just kind of emberassing. I’m really upset. Is there anything I can do?
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