He is going to jail now
UPDATE: Tampa police are charging Tony Daniel with aggravated battery for his role in the racially-charged melee.
Tampa police are reviewing video of a fight that erupted Friday on a street corner near the University of Tampa after two women confronted a man holding up a racist sign.
Tony Daniel was the man. He is black. He is also known as a race-baiting provocateur, one frequently seen on Tampa streets with a truck or signs that contain racial slurs or swastikas.
A video released by the city of Tampa, shot by a motorist, captured the encounter. It was provided to the
Tampa Bay Times and will be posted soon.
It initially shows Daniel, accompanied by a woman in a red dress, holding a sign, nearly as tall as he, that says, "Homeless (N------) go back to Africa." On the back side was another racist slur.
Nearby are two other women. One appears to initially guide the other away from the scene. Daniel points a megaphone in their direction and one of the women marches toward him and grabs at the sign. Daniel yanks it back and pushes a megaphone into her face.
Then the other woman strikes at him. He lashes out at the two with the megaphone, which appears to force them into traffic.
BACKGROUND: Racist slurs on Tampa truck shock, confuse and mislead onlookers
After the clash, Daniel sat in the back of a patrol car as police investigated the scene. Officers opened and inspected a manhole near where Daniel had been standing.
As rain began to pour down, the police car with Daniel in the back pulled off.
This is a developing story.
Police reviewing video after race-baiting Tony Daniel sign triggers fight
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