Altercation with private security at raising canes/shake shack Calhoun on 5/10 around 2am.
On Sunday morning around 1:30-2am, myself, my partner, and a friend of ours were in line at raising canes when we were approached by two private security guards and told we had to choose in or out. The building was crowded and we were standing with the door propped open. Very quickly after they approached us they threw my friend out of the building quite violently. At this point I got involved and was yelling that he wasn’t doing anything wrong. A guard told me to leave and I began backing out of the area while continuing to talk to security. A third party then got involved and was yelling slurs and inflammatory remarks at my partner and I. (For context we are both transgender) the security was doing nothing about this guy and were even laughing while he called us all manner of hateful things. As I continued to be backed out of the U square area the third party was following the security and continuing to yell at us. Once we got to the edge of the securities self proclaimed jurisdiction the third party shoved my friend to the ground extremely hard and his head hit the concrete. Security did nothing about this and when my friend got back up the three of us were maced by the security guards. I have been in contact with the police, raising canes and U square management. I have found that the security guards are contracted from a company called protos security. They made a big deal about how they had body cams but when I asked for a badge number or any way to identify them they refused. Who keeps these people accountable? Who reviews that body cam footage? They are armed with guns, mace, and other weapons and are not afraid to use them. My partner noticed that a few people were filming this interaction, if anyone has that footage it would be greatly appreciated. These people should not be serving our community and need to be held accountable for blatant abuse of power.
TLDR: two trans people and their friend got thrown around and maced by some private security hired by raising canes, rowdy paw, and shake shack and were physically assaulted and verbally harassed by an uninvolved party and are hoping to get footage from bystanders