This establishment may truly be racist. They seem to be burying those reviews with fake
Posting this again since I'm pretty sure Glitch had it taken down. I originally posted this in February after the incident took place in October 2021. ******************************************************** I'd been going to glitch since it was first opened. I actually was a patron of their very first location in downtown Fort Lauderdale.. But my impression of this place has truly changed. I was assaulted by their door guy after I wouldn't allow him to scan my I. Before handing him my ID I stated, please don't scan my ID through the scanner. You may view my information. (I'm in my late thirties), the first thing he does is start to swipe my ID through the scanner. I was able to grab it from his hand before he swiped it. This sets him off as he starts stating he should beat my ass for snatching my ID from him.. This is denied entrance, ok fine. Illegal, but ok I can just go somewhere else. If this is their policy thou illegal, he could have just stated that to begin with. Not infringe on my rights to privacy. (322.143 Use of a driver license or identification card http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0322/Sections/0322.143.html) Section (b) of the above statue makes this clear. At this point I'm 4 feet from him. He continues to shout at me with threats, at this point I'm ready to leave as this just isn't a place for me anymore. Before that happens he steps over to me and knocks the cigar from my hand which I just took out of the package. This is battery, along with his continued verbal assault. I start to call the police at this point and proceed to walk towards the first row of cars in the parking lot to get far from him. At that point I see him wave to a police officer in the parking lot (Off-Duty FLPD working for Glitch). The doorman shouts to the officer, he's calling the police on me for slapping a cigar out of his hand. I tell the officer I'm calling the police, I need to report an assault. He proceeds to tell me that it's a civil matter and he can't furnish me a report for the matter. I state, I believe assault and battery is a crime. At this point I don't trust you, as you are working off-duty for the establishment and are probably biased. I'd rather responding officers deal with the matter at this point. The manager comes out shouting at me, so I then walk towards the sidewalk so that I'm no longer on the property. I felt a public side-walk would be the best place for me to wait for officers to arrive from my 911 call. The off-duty officers had walked over with me to the sidewalk. We briefly speak about assault. He tells me this is a simple battery, I don't trust a word he says at this point. He states he's going to talk to the doorman. A few minutes after he walks away I see the responding officers arriving. The off-duty officer immediately takes them over to the manager of Glitch. They didn't come talk to me until after they spoke to the manager, then walked up to me with the manager in tow. The off-duty cop then states the doorman said I blew smoke in his face, Blatant lie. I'm 5-8, 155 lbs., this door guy is 6-2 at least I'd say 270 lbs. I was several feet away from him when I removed a brand new cigar from it's wrapper. It wasn't lit and by my side arm extended when he reached and smacked it out of my hand. At this point I can see what's going on, so I call 911 again as I don't know what to do at this point. Is it bias from the off-duty officer covering up for his off-duty check. Or is this a matter of racism towards me? (I'm dark skinned, everyone else is Caucasian or Latin) I'm upset now as I can't believe what's taking place before my eyes. Is anyone safe to call the police in situations that involve a bar, in this case a bar arcade? Are off-duty officers going to act in this manner to protect their off-duty assignment that pays them. I found out today that the answer just may universally be YES. I don't live in the same city as this happened in. So it took me some time to get a copy of the report. I work long hours each day running a business of my own. The report labeled me the suspect, the officer wrote up a report on me. The one who called the police. He wrote the report as Glitch being the victim, along with the door guy and the manager who wasn't there when I was assaulted and the battery occurred. He wrote that I was disorderly and trespassing. He wrote that he was called for a trespass service call. None of my statements about what took place we're included in the police report. This leads me to clearly see, they used an off-duty FLPD officer to cover up their employee assaulting a citizen. I really hope this doesn't happen to anyone else, which is why I decided to post this. read more