WAKEFIELD Adote Akpabie wanted to enjoy a seafood dinner with his wife and daughters on the shore in Narragansett last June.
But the 43-year-old was diverted as he made his way to the hostess stand at the Coast Guard House restaurant.
In the foyer area of the restaurant, a woman vulgarly and loudly called attention to the color of his skin, saying a (expletive) Black guy, Akpabie testified Wednesday in District Court, Wakefield, at the trial of a 34-year-old South Kingstown woman.
Christine Longo is charged with disorderly conduct and she also faces an enhancement that prosecutors can seek in situations where they believe racial hatred was a factor.
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