NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Newly-released surveillance footage shows the events that unfolded at a Nashville bar that led to country music artist Chris Young being arrested for disorderly conduct and assault of an officer.
News 2 obtained the footage from Young's attorney, Bill Ramsey, Neal & Harwell, PLC, which shows Young standing in a Demonbreun Street bar on Monday, Jan. 21, after Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agents walked in to complete a compliance check.
According to court documents, Young, 38, was at a bar on Demonbreun Street around 8:30 p.m. when TABC agents walked in to complete a compliance check. Young reportedly held his ID over his head and a TABC agent checked it with the agency’s ID app.
The agent gave Young back his ID and returned to the other agents to continue checking the staff’s ABC license cards.
Young began questioning the agents, who answered his questions, and then started recording them on video, per an affidavit.
The agents reportedly left the bar and walked down Demonbreun to serve more compliance checks.
After checking the staff’s cards, one agent said they were walking toward the bar's exit when Young “put his hands out to stop me from leaving the bar and struck me on the shoulder,” according to the affidavit.
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The video, which appears to have been shot off of a screen with a cell phone, shows Young near the exit wearing a leather jacket, jeans, and a black hat.
Surveillance video—which only shows a portion of the incident—captures the moment Young raised his arm in the direction of the agent.
That's when the video shows Young being pushed by one of the agents, which sent him backward, knocking over barstools, and falling to the ground. He then popped up and put both his hands up.
In the arrest report, the agent said he pushed Young “to create distance." Another agent said they tried to speak with Young, but he allegedly began walking backward and not complying with the agents' orders.
That's when two agents said they physically detained Young and placed him in handcuffs. Agents reported multiple people who were with Young started to follow them "making the incident hostile," according to the arrest report.
Young's eyes were bloodshot and his speech was slurred during the ordeal, according to TABC agents.
The incident led to Young getting booked into Metro Jail and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault of an officer. He was released on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Young's attorney released a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 24 asking for all charges to be dropped.
"What happened to my client Chris Young at a bar in Nashville on Monday night was wrong and he never should have been arrested and charged in the first place. In light of the video evidence, Tennessee ABC needs to drop the charges and apologize for the physical, emotional and professional harm done towards my client." - Bill Ramsey, Chris Young's attorney
According to Bill Ramsey, Young is unable to comment directly at this time.
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