{"id":285375,"date":"2023-08-15T21:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=285375"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:30:51","slug":"louisiana-casino-is-site-of-apparent-racial-attack-against-black-man-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/louisiana-casino-is-site-of-apparent-racial-attack-against-black-man-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Margaritaville Casino Site of Apparent Racial Attack — Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

The identities of two individuals accused of assaulting a Black man in a Louisiana<\/a> casino floor were revealed this week. During the confrontation, the women assaulted the victim, and a white man twice uttered a racial<\/a> slur<\/a> after he sat down at a slot machine near them.<\/p>\n

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A couple at a casino, pictured above. The woman allegedly attacked a Black man. The white man uttered a racial slur. (Image: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

USA Crime<\/em><\/a> recently reported that the incident occurred at the Margaritaville Resort Casino<\/a> in Bossier City. That location couldn’t be confirmed immediately by Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The same report identified the white couple as Ashley and William Dison of Louisiana. Their names were posted widely on social media.<\/p>\n

This week, the victim, Devon Leslie Jr., also identified the assailant as Ashley Bieber Dison on Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A video of the incident was posted by Tizzy Ent. It has gone viral and had 597.4K views as of Tuesday afternoon. An earlier video, posted by the victim, had 248K views as of this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story was that the woman got upset that a black man was sitting near her,\u201d a poster identified as Tizzy Ent said in a tweet. \u201cOr, as she put it, maybe an Arab.\u201d<\/p>\n

Racial Slurs Caught on Tape<\/h2>\n

During the confrontation, the couple uttered several racial slurs a the man.<\/p>\n

The male accomplice told the victim, \u201cStop being a little bitch, you f*****g N****r.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man later repeated this statement.\u00a0At one point, Ashley Dison also called the victim an \u201cArabian.\u201d<\/p>\n

A casino employee allegedly asked the victim to stop recording. He refused.<\/p>\n

This woman went off on me hit me in the face and kicked me in the back, because I sat to[o] close to her and her boyfriend so this is how I was treated,\u201d<\/strong> Leslie said in the Facebook post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both suspects were arrested on August 3, he claimed. He alleges her charge was assault.<\/p>\n

“I did absolutely nothing wrong, nor did I defend myself against them,\u201d Leslie added. \u201cThanks to the Bossier City Police and the casino for standing up for me!\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim is apparently a veteran of the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

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Bossier City LA Who are they? pic.twitter.com\/9uKHKWaZE9<\/a><\/p>\n

— TizzyEnt (@TizzyEnt) August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n