Written By Cyrus Langhorne
Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy was arrested last night at a show in St. Louis, Missouri after assaulting an audience member who made an intentional derogatory statement to him.
Performing on the Vans Warped Tour, McCoy was charged with third-degree assault. According to Rolling Stone, the altercation occurred immediately after performing their first song "Peace Sign" when a black audience member towards the front allegedly yelled, "f*cking ignorant n*gger."
Responding to the statement as security removed the man, McCoy asked, "What did you just call me" and followed by breaking his microphone upon the disgruntled fan’s head. After the action was made, the lead singer quickly apologized for his reaction and tried reasoning with the crowd.
"I'm sorry," he said. "But when someone calls you something that ignorant and that offensive, you have to bash their head in with a microphone."
Arrested onstage at the end of his performance, McCoy was released earlier today on $500 bond. As of now, police have not released the victim’s name.
So he after being called an ignorant nigger he decides to behave as such... If your life isn't threatened, don't risk your freedom attacking a person that's running their mouth...
Posted by: Conscious | July 02, 2008 at 03:43 PM
now his ass is probably gonna get sued by dude. which is bullshit cuz dude shouldn't of been running his fuckin mouth in the first place. i really don't listen to his music but we live in this pussy generation were everybody loves to sue. u don't want to get hit in the head with a microphone don't talk shit. blog it on your computer where your safe.
Posted by: moneymaker | July 02, 2008 at 03:59 PM
Ey yo, bring back the SOHH forums, minus the power-hungry Spot mods.
No JBO though. Pedo movement, 1-star movement, delete movement, bondage movement, and finally, them getting the entire site ethered by the wrath of anonymous and 4Chan. JBO shoulda been axed a longgggggg time ago, and keeping it around will bring nothing but trouble.
Posted by: Luke Swagwalker | July 02, 2008 at 04:01 PM
Well...he got what he payed for...
Posted by: DateaRepublican.com | July 02, 2008 at 04:37 PM
WTF? Nothing about the new G-Unit album on this site?
Yall playin dirty...
Posted by: JOSH | July 02, 2008 at 04:55 PM
This is kinda of funny how he breaks the mic on the guys head n then trys to reason n apologize
Posted by: Diesel | July 02, 2008 at 06:50 PM
I like to hear from the fan myself ... lol Grown peeps are getting tired of these dumb artist !! I gotta check the words to his songs and see why the fan said what he said ....maybe he was right. lol
Posted by: ms. t | July 05, 2008 at 04:40 PM