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Man Charged With Threatening People At Gwinnett Social Security Office
Robert John Burke, 65, was charged after a viral video showed him shouting racial slurs and making threats toward a Black security guard, with officers arresting him the next day.
- On Jan. 14, a video showed Robert John Burke, 65, berating an unnamed Black male security guard outside the Norcross Social Security Administration office in Georgia.
- Employees of the Norcross Social Security office told Gwinnett County Police Burke caused previous disturbances, and officers responded Jan. 14, issuing an arrest warrant for disorderly conduct.
- In the video, Burke is seen lunging toward the guard while shouting slurs and expletives, with bystanders, including multiple children, nearby in the parking lot of the Norcross office.
- Authorities charged Burke with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after his Jan. 15 arrest at the Courtyard Marriott hotel on Venture Parkway in Duluth, and reports show a $1,000 bond though jail records list him as still incarcerated.
- The clip has drawn nearly 800,000 views online and spurred widespread comment threads, with social media viewers divided and legal observers citing the First Amendment and 'fighting words' doctrine.
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Man Arrested After Disturbance at Gwinnett Social Security Office
Gwinnett County Police arrested 65-year-old Robert Burke on Jan. 15 after a disturbance at a Social Security office in Norcross. Burke was captured on video making threats and verbally insulting people at the office on Jan. 14, with multiple children present. What’s Important: Employees at the Social Security office at 4365 Shackleford Road identified Burke […] The post Man Arrested After Disturbance at Gwinnett Social Security Office appeared f…
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