Who is Jeremiah Hendrix? Black Tie Moving Nashville worker fired after video exhibits him attacking a trans lady

In a press release launched Monday, the corporate condemned the alleged assault.

“We were made aware of an incident that took place over the weekend at a storage facility in Nashville, TN, involving one of our employees and another individual, a member of the LGBTQ+ community,” Black Tie Moving stated. “Security footage captures a physical altercation that is deeply troubling and entirely unacceptable.”

“When the incident was delivered to our consideration, we took quick and decisive motion to terminate the worker concerned. We additionally proactively contacted legislation enforcement and have supplied our full cooperation to assist a radical and unbiased investigation,” the assertion added.

“Black Tie Moving stays dedicated to studying, rising, and doing what is true, not simply in moments of success, however particularly in moments that check our character. There isn’t any place in our firm, our trade, or our society for violence, intimidation, or cruelty. We won’t tolerate it, and we are going to take quick motion every time it is dropped at our consideration.”

While the corporate didn’t identify the worker, the sufferer, Tyla, recognized him as Jeremiah Hendrix in an #Instagram put up.

What occurred?

According to Tyla’s #Instagram put up, the incident occurred on May 30 at #Extra Space Storage, a self-storage facility in Nashville. Tyla and a queer pal have been reportedly verbally harassed by 5 males working as movers on the property. Tyla reported the harassment to #Extra Space Storage workers and started strolling to her automotive.

“As we walked, the 5 men begin verbally harassing us again, we tried to just get to the car safely without any sort of interaction. We had a screaming match outside of our vehicle until one man started walking up on us telling us that we’re still men and he could beat us,” Tyla wrote.

Fearing for her security, Tyla reported the harassment once more. However, the movers have been nonetheless allowed entry to the constructing.

“Scared for my safety. we proceeded with letting the #Extra Space Storage know that we were harassed a second time which the employees should have locked the building down, instead the movers were about to get into the building, which led to Jeremiah Hendrix physically attacking me, he said I had assaulted him by throwing drink in his direction (police confirmed that’s not what happened) his attack was intentional and came from hate. this is the first time ever in Nashville I’ve ever felt so unsafe, terrified for my safety in that moment a grown man twice my size fully trying to beat me,” she wrote.

Tyla shared CCTV footage of the assault, which rapidly went viral on social media and sparked widespread outrage. Many customers responded by flooding Black Tie Moving’s official pages with destructive evaluations.

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