CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Nine Black women say they were kicked out of Cork & Bull Chophouse in Chesapeake earlier this month after two other Black women they didn't know got into a fight at the restaurant. The women say they were discriminated against based on their race.

Shakoya Somerville-Holt says that incident happened when she and eight friends were having a Friendsgiving dinner at the restaurant on Nov. 6. Shortly after, she says two other Black women at a nearby table got into a fight. Despite not knowing the women involved in the altercation, Somerville-Holt said restaurant management told her group they had to leave.

"The management came over to our table and told us that they will not be servicing us tonight, that we had to leave," Somerville-Holt said. "I questioned, are you shut

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