Nine Black women say they were abruptly kicked out of a Chesapeake, Virginia, steakhouse after its managers wrongly associated them with two Black female patrons who got into a disturbing physical fight in the dining room.

The women say they were racially profiled and are considering legal action against the restaurant.

Shakoya Sommerville-Holt told reporters Thursday that she and eight girlfriends “in our sister circle” went to the Cork & Bull Chophouse on the evening of Nov. 6 to enjoy a meal, some laughter and celebrate Friendsgiving together.

Shortly after they were seated and ordered drinks, an intense fight broke out between two Black women, unknown to them, who had been seated nearby, and who ended up grappling half-naked on the floor, in a wild scene captured on video that has s

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