PHILADELPHIA - Activists gathered Tuesday outside a Philadelphia bar where law enforcement sources say a bouncer punched an intoxicated patron who later died at the hospital.Police say surveillance video from Apr.16 shows 41-year-old Eric Pope being escorted out of Tabu Lounge and Sports bar in Center City around 1 a.m.
for being overly intoxicated. While standing along South 12th Street, police say the bouncer punched him, knocking him to the ground unconscious.The video shows Pope lying on the ground for a minute.
The bouncers move him to the sidewalk where he stays for several more minutes. A crowd eventually forms around him and the video ends.
Police say Pope died at the hospital a week later.Tabu’s owner told FOX 29 that the bouncer involved is not an employee of Tabu and the incident did not happen on their property.