Some folks here said Rev Jackson would be all over this. They were right. Forgive me if this is a re-post.

(CNN) -- A man accused of screaming racial slurs while beating an Army reservist in front of her daughter outside a restaurant in Morrow, Georgia, was jailed and held without bond Wednesday after being indicted on felony charges.

Troy Dale West Jr., of Poulan, Georgia, is facing one count of aggravated assault, two counts of battery, two counts of disorderly conduct, false imprisonment and cruelty to children for allegedly beating Tashawnea Hill outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant on September 9, according to a Clayton County Court online docket.

West had been arrested on misdemeanor charges following the incident, but Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson took the the case to a grand jury asking for more serious charges.

Hill's attorney Kip Jones told CNN that several hundred supporters, believed to be with the NAACP, Al Sharpton's Political Action Network and Rainbow Push, gathered outside the courtroom Wednesday morning in support of more serious charges against West.

Jones said he and Hill were pleased with the new indictment.

"We look forward to a conviction as Tasha and her 7-year-old daughter move forward to recover from this heinous incident," he said.

West's lawyer, Larry King, had no comment about the indictment, according his assistant.

Hill, 35, said the attack occurred after she warned West to be careful after almost hitting her 7-year-old daughter with the restaurant's door as she was leaving.

West, according to a police report, admitted striking Hill "after she spit on me and accused me of trying to hit her daughter with a door."

During an interview on CNN following the attack, Jones denied that she spat on West or did "anything to provoke the attack."

Hill, an African-American, told police that West, 47, yelled racial epithets at her during the attack. Police said witnesses confirmed her account.

"He did punch me with a closed fist repeated times. My head is still hurting today. I have knots on my head," Hill told CNN. She also said she was kicked.

Police say Hill stated that "West punched her in the left cheek, forehead, kicked her body in several places, and punched her head in many areas several times."

Hill's attorney said he was "convinced this was a hateful, racist attack ... based on the N-word, the B-word, etc."

"The language was vile. It was racist. It was sexist. It was completely offensive, completely unprovoked," Jones said.

Morrow is a racially diverse city in the southeast suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, with a population of about 4,900, according to the 2000 census.

Of interest, one of the suspected terrorist arrested in NY recently, the older guy, was let go on $50,000 bond.

So who got Da cheese roll???

What a crock of ****.

Charge the guy like you would if he had beaten a white chick. Why should it be a more serious crime because she was black? Or Asian? Or Hispanic?

The guy's a douche for beating a WOMAN. Don't matter what color she is.

> one count of aggravated assault, two counts of battery, two counts of disorderly conduct, false imprisonment and cruelty to children

Sounds about right - just objecting to the protestors? Or is that more than he would have been charged with had she been white?

^ Because if the reports are true, and who knows what's true at this point, he was screaming racial slurs at the woman as he was beating on her. That's called a hate crime, and it's much more serious than a simple assault and battery on a woman. And should be punished as such.

Apparently the woman went off on the guy and words were exchanged and she spit on him and he beat her ass . . .

He's wrong for beating up a woman, but if someone spit on me, it take everything I had to not to throw a punch . . .

It's my impression that MACS doesn't like hate crime legislation. I tend to sympathize with that view, but don't see what it has to do with this case, other than the protesters. While the attorney talked about the hate crime aspects of the attack, he said he was happy with the charges as they stood.

Interestingly, I just discovered that I'd misspelled protesters earlier. My Opera browser had my other spelling underlined in red. Who needs cbid to have a spell check if your browser does it for you? Just added cbid to my dictionary, too. Pretty cool. Didn't notice that before.

Agree with MACS - charge her with the same thing a white male or female would have got. He's not be charged with hate crimes.

Of course, the protestors line up and protest that a black woman was - not that a human being was beaten because no one cares about that and it's not newsworthy. This only works if you are black.

So, black men beat black and white women every day. Are they charged the same way????

Charge the guy as you would charge ANYONE else. Thanks to CNN, another crime (yes, this is JUST a crime) has occured and they've managed to make it more than what it is.

And, as stated earlier, the guy is a douche and piece of sh*t who needs to pay. He just needs to pay the same as everyone else.

I'd take the spitting allegation with a grain of salt. It's by no means clear to me it was intentional.

Herfidore... no it's NOT more serious. Maybe the law says so (and it does in most states) but I think it's pure bull****.

This type of **** is what keeps us divided.

Bill, I read that he was being charged more seriously because he was yelling racial slurs. Would it be that bad if he was yelling sexist slurs? Hatin' on women?

Charge him how you're going to charge him. Don't change a damn thing because of the race of the victim. A victim is a victim, period.

#9 - you are correct, sir. I do NOT like it.

^Sorry, I meant #8.

Cracker Barrel's menu encourages hate crime behavior. They should be sued.

Waffle House, Denny's, Cracker Barrel and Po' Folks (Now just Folks) have all been sued by black people for racial reasons ...

It would have been worse if it happened outside a Sambos

Sambo's was sued as well and they were forced to change the name. In fact, I think most of the old Sambo's are gone now.

TW and I thought about Sambo's at the same time........

8.

" While the attorney talked about the hate crime aspects of the attack, he said he was happy with the charges as they stood."

That is the victims Attorney quoted.

I think the Apartheid Burger and Klan Clam Strips should be removed from the menu.