Woman Claims Waffle House Employees Made Racist Comments About Nooses To Her Biracial Family [Video]

A woman in Georgia has claimed that a Waffle House employee has made racist comments to her biracial family. A Tiktok video of the woman accusing the employee of using references to noose when her family walked into the restaurant has gone viral.

Angelia Tabor-Fells who runs a well-known Georgia non-profit shared the video to her Tiktok account describing the experience when she visited a Waffle House outlet in Gainesville on Nov. 7. The video fetched more than 2.5 million views and 31,000 comments since she posted it on Nov. 12.

Tabor-Fells was with her 6-month-old adopted son, her 15-year-old step-daughter and her 53-year-old sister with special needs when she visited the outlet, her lawyers said, as reported by WSBTV Atlanta.

In the video, Tabor-Fells filmed herself near a table where her family ate their breakfast. "Look at my family, It's very diverse," Tabor-Fells said as she spanned the camera at her children. "So I'm about to show you a waitress that decided to ask for a noose in front of me and my daughter," she added.

Tabor-Fells said she felt threatened by the situation when she heard two employees speaking about nooses just feet from the family’s table. She then reportedly spoke to the manager who said he has two nooses in his car. "So I'm pretty daggone sure this is probably the racist place I've ever been," she said in the video.

Tabor-Fells then requested another employee her ticket to go and said: "Because miss thing over there needs a noose and we the only black people in here. And your manager said he got two nooses in his car so we're getting the hell up out of here and I need a number for corporate."

Meanwhile, Gainesville Police Department has started an investigation into the incident. Tabor-Fells' lawyer said that the term noose "symbolizes brutal hate and an era in American history when thousands of African Americans were lynched and murdered simply for the color of their skin."

"I love my community dearly and I do not condone verbal or physical threats of violence, nor do I wish to fuel the cycle of hate, harassment, or intimidation. We are calling on Waffle House to do whatever it takes to end racial discrimination and racial harassment in its restaurants.” Tabor-Fells said in a statement to WSBTV Atlanta.

The Waffle House responded in a statement that they take the allegations seriously and have started a thorough investigation. "We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination based on race. We intend to conduct a thorough investigation into all of her allegations, after which we will take appropriate disciplinary action," the statement said.

The video does not show the employees referring to the words and International Business Times cannot independently verify if the racially motivated words were used.