Robert Neil Thompson
Robert Neil Thompson
Robert Neil Thompson is a man from Memphis, Tennessee who lashed out in an angry racially charged tirade at an African american man named Brandon Levston. [1] Robert works for his father-in-law at .
Background
He has been married to Courtney Thompson, a waitress at Hooter's, and the two have been married for two years. The car seen in his video has been registered under his wife's name. They have been married for two years. In the video he says to his wife, "Hey, let me handle it, just be a woman."
Road Rage Incident
After Brandon had tried to get by Thompson during traffic by turning on his blinker to switch lanes, Thompson cut him off by speeding up in an effort to prevent him from doing so.
Levston admits there was plenty of space between the vehicles that there no problems changing lanes.
Levston then pulled into a parking lot as he was looking for the closest spot to get some food before watching the Memphis Grizzlies game, and Thompson followed him, came up to his window and began verbally harassing him. When Levston started to record him, Thompson ignited into a racial tirade filled with insults.
The following was spoken by Thompson:
“Trump]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]! Because, hey — check this out. Check it out, because I got you. Black Lives don’t matter — there ain’t no proof. Just because you say something don’t mean nothing.”
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That proves — check it out — that proves that black lives don’t matter.”
“A minute ago you were telling me I was threatening your family in traffic, but you don’t think you’re threatening your family by threatening a complete stranger when you don’t have the slightest clue what could be in their car?"
Levston has released a statement that he forgives Thompson but that there are sometimes repercussions to a person who is exposed like this.
It has been said that Thompson has also gotten death threats.