A South Florida woman apparent in a viral video afresh punching addition woman who allegedly fabricated a racist animadversion about Haitians in a auberge antechamber is speaking out.
The video that shows the argument in the Coral Springs La Quinta Tuesday night has been beheld added than 500,000 times aback it was acquaint on YouTube Wednesday.
In the video, 23-year-old Colleen Dagg is complex in a battle with a white woman in a azure dress, articular by Coral Springs Badge as 39-year-old Summer Cortts.
Dagg, who is additionally white, told NBC 6 Friday that the added woman said article racist about Haitians.
"I heard article she said and absolved out of the architecture and anticipation about it for a additional and absolved aback central to the adverse calmly and asked her if I heard her correctly, aloof like I'm talking to you, no attitude. She said 'don't anguish about it, I'm not black,'" Dagg said. "[She said] 'you guys charge to do article about all these wet floors over here, you apperceive how these Haitian bodies are.' To me she was answer that Haitian bodies are added acceptable to sue somebody than addition race."
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Dagg is apparent sitting in a armchair as the video begins, demography her shoes off as Cortts blame at her and tells her she'll shoot her in the face if Dagg hits her with her shoes.
"I'm demography my s-- off so that if she puts her easily on me I can avert myself," Dagg tells a man, who is off camera.
Cortts afresh gets in Dagg's face and appears to hit Dagg, who gets up and afresh punches Cortts, who is abject to the ground.
"You put your f---ing easily on me, you say some racist-a-- s---!" Dagg yells, while continuing over the woman, afore three men cull them apart.
"When she affected me, this woman is affecting me, I accept to avert myself, addition is putting their easily about my neck," Dagg said. "The adult got in my face abundant times and approved to get me to chase her outside, so back I acquainted trapped area I couldn't do annihilation abroad I sat in the armchair and got myself accessible to avert myself account I could see the attending in her eyes. I'm not stupid, I apperceive back addition is mad abundant to put their easily on me."
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In the video, Cortts claims she's three months pregnant.
"I don't apperceive why you was in my face like that then," Dagg responds.
A badge administrator arrives and Cortts tells him she was attacked.
"Calm bottomward and booty a seat, I'm not gonna acquaint you again," the administrator tells her.
"I accept a allowance here, she aloof hit me, I'm three months pregnant, I appetite to columnist charges," Cortts says.
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The footage ends with the administrator demography advice from Cortts.
"It's my job as a white being to actual that in addition white person," Dagg said.
Coral Springs Badge admiral said Dagg was acting in aegis aback she was hit first. Dagg didn't appetite to columnist accuse adjoin the woman, badge said.
Police said Cortts was accustomed a apprehension to arise for chaotic conduct and was barred from the hotel.
NBC 6 was clumsy to ability Cortts for animadversion Friday.
"I apperceive how it would feel, how I would feel if I were all over the internet accomplishing article embarrassing, or accepting article awkward so I feel bad for the lady," Dagg said. "I achievement she abstruse her assignment and I achievement a lot of bodies apprentice from it."
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
Published at 5:09 PM EDT on Aug 25, 2017 | Updated at 5:45 PM EDT on Aug 25, 2017
