Lansdowne Pub receives 3-day suspension for bouncer allegedly head-butting patron
Advertisement
After reviewing video footage from the night, board commissioner Liam Curran said the bouncer head-butted Hsiao.
'I saw a clear head-butt that was purposeful, head on, violent,' Curran said on Thursday before the board voted to suspend the pub, according to a video of the hearing.
The bouncer was fired.
The suspension was previously reported by
Members also voted to conduct an inspection
of the bar after they said managers failed to provide them with their conflict
de-escalation plans in a timely manner.
The board is also
asking the bar whether the bouncer had to undergo a background check, and is requesting documentation of where its security camera are placed, as well as blind spots.
Advertisement
The confrontation started when
the bouncer allegedly called the two patrons an anti-Asian slur, the bar's attorney, Dennis Quilty, told the board.
The patrons then
used anti-Black slurs against the security person, Quilty said.
Hsiao denied using any racial slurs against the bouncer.
Hsiao said that he confronted the bouncer after overhearing a conversation in which he used an anti-Asian slur.
'We were a little bit upset so we confronted them a little bit and the whole thing got escalated from there,' Hsiao said. 'What pushed the limits was us hearing that statement ... that's not a nice thing to say.'
Hsiao and the other patron did not press charges against the bouncer because they are students and don't want to go through the court process, Hsiao said.
'This licensing board hearing came across [our radars] so we thought it's better if we show up and tell our story,' Hsiao said, explaining why he was not interested in pursuing charges.
Katina Kouripines, a risk manager hired by the bar, said the dispute between the bouncer and the two patrons went on for nearly 40 minutes.
Hsiao and his friend 'antagonized our door guy,' bar manager Anthony Chuga told the board.
Green said the pub can appeal the suspension to the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
The popular Irish bar on Lansdowne Street, behind Fenway Park, is open daily until 2 a.m. and is known for its live music, according to its website.
The bar did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
Claire Thornton can be reached at
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Politico
a day ago
- Politico
Landlord imprisoned for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died
Czuba died Thursday in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, according to a statement from the Will County Sheriff's Office. Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations' Chicago office, said in a statement on Saturday that 'this depraved killer has died, but the hate is still alive and well.' Evidence at trial included harrowing testimony from Shaheen and her frantic 911 call, along with bloody crime scene photos and police video. Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before handing in a verdict. The family had been renting rooms in Czuba's home in Plainfield, about 40 miles from Chicago when the attack happened. Central to prosecutors' case was harrowing testimony from the boy's mother, who said Czuba attacked her before moving on to her son, insisting they had to leave because they were Muslim. Prosecutors also played the 911 call and showed police footage. Czuba's wife, Mary, whom he has since divorced, also testified for the prosecution, saying he had become agitated about the Israel-Hamas war, which had erupted days earlier. Police said Czuba pulled a knife from a holder on a belt and stabbed the boy 26 times, leaving the knife in the child's body. Some of the bloody crime scene photos were so explicit that the judge agreed to turn television screens showing them away from the audience, which included Wadee's relatives. The attack renewed fears of anti-Muslim discrimination and hit particularly hard in Plainfield and surrounding suburbs, which have a large and established Palestinian community. Wadee's funeral drew large crowds, and Plainfield officials have dedicated a park playground in his honor.
UPI
a day ago
- UPI
On This Day, July 27: Rep. Lewis lies in state in U.S. Capitol
1 of 5 | On July 27, 2020, Rep. John Lewis became the first Black lawmaker to lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda 10 days after his death from cancer. File Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo July 27 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. Robespierre, who encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the revolution, was himself guillotined the following day. In 1909, Orville Wright set a record by staying aloft in a plane for 1 hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds. In 1921, at the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolated insulin -- a hormone they believed could prevent diabetes -- for the first time. In 1953, a truce officially ended the Korean War, which had begun June 25, 1950. File Photo courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum In 1974, the House judiciary committee voted to recommend impeachment of President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal. The 37th president resigned less than two weeks later. In 1986, Greg LeMond, 25, of Sacramento, became the first American to win cycling's most famous contest, the Tour de France. In 1989, a Korean Air DC-10 crashed in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing 82 people, four of them on the ground. In 1996, a bomb exploded at Olympic Park in Atlanta during the Summer Games, killing two people and injuring more than 100 other people. In 2012, the Summer Olympics opened in London, with 10,820 athletes representing 204 countries. In 2020, Rep. John Lewis became the first Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda 10 days after his death from cancer. In 2021, Carissa Moore of the United States and Italo Ferreira of Brazil took home the inaugural gold medals in surfing at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. In 2024, Team USA won its first gold medal of the Paris Summer Olympics with a first-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay. Swimmers Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel and Chris Guiliano pushed the relay team to victory. File Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
'Our lives have been a misery since nightmare council tenants moved in ten years ago'
A retired couple have endured more than 'ten years of misery' and anti-social behaviour after new council tenants moved into their Kingstanding street. The couple says their neighbours play loud music in their garden via a 'sound system' and bang on the walls, keeping them up in the early hours. They also fly-tip rubbish, attract rats and mice into the area, and have been 'aggressive' towards them. Harry, 83, and Shirley, 77, have pleaded for help from Birmingham City Council for the past decade - even seeing the neighbours added to the 'watchlist' - but only for the problems to persist. Read more: Birmingham council tenants can save money at Sainsbury's, Asda, Argos, Morrisons and more In a tearful interview with BirminghamLive, the couple, who were looking forward to their retirement before the problems, said: "It's anti-social sounds, banging, loud music, children screaming, running up and down the street at night. "It's awful now, it used to be lovely, now you don't know what you're going to get from one minute to the next. They have large parties starting at midday, going on until late, and the music vibrates through the house. We can't even sit out in the garden." "Eleven years ago, a family came to live there and ever since then it's been an absolute nightmare," added their son. "It's ten, eleven years of hell basically for my mum and dad." "It's music playing until all hours of the morning, not like via a Bluetooth speaker like most people, we're talking about PA systems constantly." For years, the couple and their son have been complaining to the council in an urgent bid for action. Monitoring equipment was even implemented at the property to gather evidence on the noise and anti-social behaviour, but the 'nightmare' neighbours are always told this is happening by the council. "They have to let them know, so obviously it went quiet for a few months," their son said. "They knew they were on the watch list, then three days after they came off it, they had a massive party. "My mum asked them to turn it down and about 60 people started chanting ''let's make some noise.'" A trigger point meeting was held in May, and 14 actions were recommended. Surveys have now been sent to several other neighbours. "They [the council] said to my mum yesterday, 'sometimes we just have to accept cultural differences' but this has nothing to do with culture or religion, it's to do with anti-social behaviour," explained their son. "It's the volume of the noise, the number of people that come and go. It's also the sanitary conditions, there are mice and rats that get into my parents'. It's just ongoing. The number of continual violations over the years. "If you saw the state of the house from the outside, most normal people would be shocked. It's all dirty, not kept in any condition at all. The front has all the litter in it, the fence is all broken, kids in the evening constantly go up screaming, shouting until like 11pm. "Two weeks ago there were two toddlers in nappies running up and down the road nearly getting run over. There's so many things that go on continually." Birmingham City Council confirmed an ASB case review request was submitted in February this year. A spokesperson said: 'In line with the statutory process, the case was reviewed and considered by an independent panel on May 7, 2025. The panel made a number of recommendations to the relevant agencies involved. 'Since then, the Reviewing Officer has been in contact with the Housing Officer to monitor progress against those recommendations. We understand that some actions have been completed, and discussions are ongoing to ensure the remaining recommendations are addressed. 'As part of the process, we continue to review the current status of the case and ensure all appropriate steps are being taken. 'Birmingham City Council remains committed to working with partners to tackle anti-social behaviour and support affected residents.'
