Tuesday, September 11, 2012

McFly's beatdown: the owner's interesting narrative

Mark Lampe, co-owner, with brother Jeff, of McFly's. Monday
he told KMTV: There's some accusations of possibly me having
my patrons beat up somebody because of a choice they made
and that couldn't be any further from the truth.
Two straight brothers who claimed they were victimized by four homophobic haters at McFly's, an Omaha firefighter/cop bar, have now told their version of events to two television stations, KMTV (the CBS affiliate) and KPTM (the Fox affiliate).
     Co-owner Mark Lampe, who was at the bar Sunday night, told KMTV: "Whatever happened out there I don't know, it's unclear. There's an investigation."
     His brother Jeff, who was not at the bar, said on the establishment's facebook page, "At 1:45 A.M. a fight broke out on the sidewalk and the 2 men were assaulted by some unknown men who were not patrons of the bar."
     AKSARBENT finds it interesting that the the Lampe brother who was on the scene (Mark) said on television that what happened was unclear but that the Lampe brother who wasn't there (Jeff) flatly maintains that the beatdown wasn't administered by the establishment's customers.
     AKSARBENT drives down Center Street several times a month late at night and has never seen a pedestrian near McFly's who didn't appear to be a patron. The location is not in a bar or entertainment district and attracts few walkers. The tavern, at 4530 on the south side of Center, is between a Wells Fargo with a drive-thru ATM on the east and a Sinclair station on the west. Neither is open on Sundays. North of the bar, across Center, are single family dwellings and a bus stop. No buses run after 9 or 10 pm in Omaha on Sundays.
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McFly's facebook page: ...the victims would not leave and demanded the "RIGHT" to go back into the bar. They were denied as the bar closes at 2 A.M. The vitcims [sic] then felt it was ok to kick the doors on the bar, and urinate on the property...
KPTM: Nate said they went back to look for his wallet. He said the owner turned them away. "That's when he said ‘well you were asking for it' and I said ‘why because they thought I was gay?' and he looked at me dead in the eye and said yes," Hall recalled. Mark Lampe denied his claim. He said he yelled at them because they kept banging and kicking on the door.
KMTV: As for Nates [sic] wallet, he tells Action 3 News it showed-up [sic] on his front door step the next morning, and nothing was taken from it.

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