TownHall owner Bobby George threatened Cleveland cop in profanity-laced tirade after police refused to immediately arrest protesters in bullhorn-assault case—Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — TownHall owner and restaurateur Bobby George threatened a Cleveland police officer in a profanity-filled phone call earlier this year as the officer was attempting to explain why police had not immediately arrested demonstrators at July 2020 protest outside the Ohio City restaurant. George’s cousin had complained that the demonstrators had damaged her hearing with a loud bullhorn at the protest.

“You’re a f—— bum, and if you weren’t a police officer, I’d whoop your a–, too,” George told the officer, who is not named in the recording, which was released via body camera video after a public-records request.

George was upset that police officers did not arrest the protesters, later identified as Sydney Yahner and Josiah Douglas, on the spot of at the July 12, 2020, protest outside the West 25th Street restaurant. His cousin Jacqueline Boyd, who is also a manager at the restaurant, complained to police on the scene several times that the bullhorn was hurting her ear.

A grand jury later indicted Yahner and Douglas for felonious assault after a doctor diagnosed Boyd with tinnitus. The charges against both were later dropped after two independent experts determined Boyd did not suffer any long-term hearing damage attributable to the incident. . . .

The video of the call with George begins with the officer, whose name is not included in the video, telling George he wanted to “explain what happened there and how we’re gonna proceed.”

George interrupted and told the officer that he knew what happened because he was there.

“I begged you guys to protect her and you didn’t do anything, and they finally f—— blew her ear drum,” George said. “I’m suing all you mother——- and I’m not gonna be happy til you lose your job, you piece of s—.”

The officer told George that he could sue them, but again tried to explain their plan to proceed. George called him a “little b—-” and asked him how he would feel if someone did that to his daughter.

“You’re not a f—— man, you’re a f—— coward, you little b—-,” George said.

The detective then ended the interview. . . .

[ Yahner and Douglas’s defense attorney, Peter Pattakos ] declined to comment . . .

Click here to view a PDF of the full Cleveland.com report

Click here to listen to the Cleveland Police Department’s recording of Bobby George’s profanity-laced tirade

Click here to view a copy of the 8th District Court of Appeals’ decision vacating and reversing the civil stalking protection order that was wrongly entered by the trial court based on George and his cousin’s falsified testimony

Yahner’s civil lawsuit against George and his cousin Ms. Boyd, for malicious prosecution and filing falsified reports, is currently pending in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. CV-24-996357.