Teri Yaki posted a video (see below) of the incident and wrote, “Those people who are screaming “racist” were hitting the staff and threatening customers screaming and causing all out melee. The staff at Jackhammer handled the situation with as much professionalism as they could considering the violence being directed at them.” She said she was punched in the head when she helped try to break up the fight and her partner’s thumb was broken. Teri Yaki, a drag performer who saw the whole incident that evening had a very different reaction to the incident. None of them responded to the crime blog and Zetina blocked them from her page. She claimed the incident was “purely racist and transphobic” and quickly started a donation page for her “two friends that were arrested.”Ĭ, who broke the story, reached out to Zetina and several other people who made posts about alleged discriminitory behavior against the bar. One of those posts was by a DJ Ariel Zetina who was working at the club that night and was allegedly forced to stop her set. However, within hours of the incident allegations surfaced on social media accusing Jackhammer’s staff of transphobic and racist behavior. Morris was then also arrested with charges of battery and resisting or obstructing police. It was then that another transgender woman, 21-year-old Shelby Lynn Morris, intervened in the arrest by grabbing one of the officer’s arms. According to authorities, a 50-year-old customer at the establishment signed a complaint alleging that 22-year-old Itsi Mayra Tovar, who is transgender, struck him on top of the head with a closed fist. Police responded to a call about people fighting in front of the bar around 4:24 a.m. Clark, is defending itself against allegations of improper treatment to trans individuals and people of color in the bar after an early morning bar fight close to closing time.