Keisha Young, 22, of Maryland, told WUSA9 that she was the woman seen being dragged out of DC’s Nellie’s Sports Bar in a viral video A protest was held outside of Nellie’s Sports Bar in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington D.C. after a video surfaced showing the establishment’s security dragging a woman down a flight of stairs by her hair.
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The protest, which began around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, included dozens of people shouting and holding signs outside of Nellie’s, a popular LGBTQ+ bar within the D.C. community. It was one of many packed establishments on Saturday and benefited from an early in the day Pride parade and the stopping of most COVID-19 restrictions by District officials. Police entered the bar at around 8 p.m., but the reason was not immediately reported.
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