Video: Usher screamed at for parking in handicapped spot
AP photo
O O O O O O O Oh my gosh would you look at this video TMZ has posted starring Usher and a woman who seems fairly hysterical that he parked in a handicapped spot.
The incident apparently occurred at the Little Five Points Halloween costume parade, which explains why Elvis is on the scene.
Ursh didn’t stick around long (can you blame him?) and from what we’re able to overhear in the clip, people seem more concerned about the woman’s antics than Usher’s parking place. (We of course do not endorse parking in handicapped spots if you’re not handicapped. It’s wrong. Don’t do it.)
Team Usher isn’t commenting.
In happier news the R&B star was a hit at his kids’ preschool class. He has posted some really cute pictures on his Twitter feed. “They loved me!” he tweeted.
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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#1UsherFan
October 28th, 2011
12:11 pm
I love you Usher!!
Will Stockdale
October 28th, 2011
12:16 pm
Hey Ben, maybe you’ll get to like the Air Force. Zooming all over the sky and shouting ROGER and WILCO and everything. Maybe it won’t be so bad.
@
October 28th, 2011
12:20 pm
I hope User presses charges against this woman for assaulting him. If he had reacted the way she did, or had retaliated, he would have been arrested and plastered all over the news real quick.
He was wrong for parking in the handicapped spot, but you can’t go around assaulting people for parking illegally. She should have called the police or the tow company and reported it if she was that upset about it.
I hope she answers for her behavior. She should get community service for this.
Usher handled the situation well. He set a good example for his kids AND HERS on how to respond to negativity.
DonKang
October 28th, 2011
12:21 pm
While Usher was wrong (or anyone) for parking in a disabled access spot when they are not, the specific behavior of the woman speaks to something deeper when she goes off in the MANNER that she did, especially feeling like she can put her hands on the man. You want to see “privilege”??? There is NONE in the USA that compares to that of white women, especially when it relates to black men. Let’s not pretend that much of Jim Crow was not deeply rooted in that premise. If it were me, I would have knocked her cold out for assaulting me, then immediately scrapped toe to toe with the “husband” who obviously is not man enough (or care enough) to help govern his wife’s behavior appropriately. Money means NOTHING when it comes to my dignity.
watchingidol
October 28th, 2011
12:23 pm
So I was once on an airplane, sitting in First, Usher and two women were also there, with a baby. The one woman changed the baby’s diaper directly on the plane seat!!! Yuck, Yuck, Yuck, Yuck! I actually didn’t know who he was, but was told after I went to the galley to ask the flight attendant to please make it stop. At that point, the crap had hit the seat already, but she said she would make sure it didn’t happen again and that the seat was properly wiped down after we landed. (From Chicago to Atlanta on a Saturday morning, between him playing CHI Fri night and ATL on Sat.)
Evelyn
October 28th, 2011
12:23 pm
Of course he was wrong for parking there, if he was even driving. That woman, however, is psycho and crazy as bat #$%@! How dare she put her hands on him then tell him ‘he doesn’t belong here”. Newsflash lady, slavery is over and we can go wherever we want now. She is pathetic woman who needs lithium!
Common
October 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
Usher also pulled out a person from a burning wrecked car on the 75/85 Connector suffering burns himself and actually visited the victime in the hospital a few times!
GRACE
October 28th, 2011
12:26 pm
I DO IT EVERYDAY! I don’t come into my midtown job till 11am. Every day there are 20-30 handicap spots available. There are not many people in my bldg that work past 6pm so if those spots are not taken by 11a I PULL RIGHT IN ONE. I’m not jepordizing my safety getting off at 8p by going up to the 6th fl when there are too many spots on the 1st & 2nd floors available. Too many co-workers have been mugged. I REFUSE TO APOLOGIZE!
TeachAManToFish
October 28th, 2011
12:26 pm
two wrongs don’t make a right………but three lefts does.
GRACE
October 28th, 2011
12:27 pm
OH, THE JOB IS THE ONLY PLACE I DO IT.
UrLifeisCalling
October 28th, 2011
12:28 pm
See Usher, you should have never left Tameka. If she had been with you, she would have handed this broad an 4$$ smashin’ to remember. Now that would have been real nice to see on TMZ!
Pandora
October 28th, 2011
12:35 pm
So what he parked in a handicapped parking space! I see people doing that all the time. That lady is crazy and obviously was either high on illegal drugs or drunk! It’s no big deal.
voteforcainbecauseheisblack
October 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
grace: wrong is wrong. you have a ticket coming. where do you work? and at Leislemd? i always see empty handicapped spots, maybe your sister needs to shop where i do.
Pandora
October 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
That crazy woman is darn lucky that she didnt’ do that to my man! Her a$$ would have been mine! She had no right to put her hands on him period! She acted as if she was high. She had to have been. Either that or just crazy!!!
Slowcume
October 28th, 2011
12:41 pm
Some cultures think nothing of the law . . .
Sage
October 28th, 2011
12:41 pm
Usher was definitely wrong to park in a handicapped parking spot but so was the racist woman hurling racists insults at him but of course many of you hypocrites ignore that and I suspect it’s because you have more in common with her…..
Praline
October 28th, 2011
12:43 pm
It looks like it was a private business, maybe a bank, that was closed. I can understand if the business was open and operatinghis parking in the space being wrong, it just looks to me like people were using the lot for the parade. The lady was obviously drunk and is lucky she did not get arrested for public intoxication. I hate in your face drunk people, they are obnoxious.
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
Parking in handicapped spaces when you are perfectly able-bodied is one of the more unconsconable decisions a member of decent society can make.
Don — you could really “knock her cold out”, fight her husband who isn’t “man” enough, and then walk away from that situation with dignity? That’s odd. Our mothers raised us differently.
Justin
October 28th, 2011
12:52 pm
@ Al Right
While Usher was wrong for parking there, (if it was his car) however; that woman was completely wrong for putting her hands on him and she could be charged with battery. He never touched her. I think the woman was performing for TMZ or she’s on drugs. What logical woman with a child in tow is going to fight a man over a parking spot while her child screams on?
Bob from Accounttemps
October 28th, 2011
12:53 pm
@Cookie19 – 100% correct — the report doesn’t say and nobody here knows whether Usher was even driving the car.
TomDolby
October 28th, 2011
12:53 pm
Usher has always been a narcissistic self-important douchebag.
TomDolby
October 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
“I think the woman was performing for TMZ”
@ Justin – I don’t think you know how TMZ works.
JESSE
October 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
GET A LIFE YOU PEOPLE ITS NOT A BIG DEAL
Jenny
October 28th, 2011
12:57 pm
Okay, the woman is definitely a little nuts and she certainly should not have laid her hands on him.
Now that’s out of the way, USHER, you are a prick. How DARE YOU take a handicapped parking spot. You are an extremely talented performer, but you are clearly not a very good person.
Cosmo
October 28th, 2011
12:57 pm
I do not park in handicapped parking spaces, but (hear me out) this was at a bank and it is dark. Soooo the bank is closed. Not sure if that is relevant in the legal argument, but practically speaking it is relevant to me. Also, since this is a bank parking lot everyone could be towed unless they have the expressed permission to be there otherwise it is trespassing by car or foot.
Sage
October 28th, 2011
12:59 pm
@ Slowcume,What exactly do you mean? Are you speaking of The White woman that broke the law by assaulting Usher verbally and physically or are you talking about Usher or his driver breaking the law by parking in a handicapped spot?
I realize and know that you surely can’t be talking about a “culture” or whatever especially with the history of unlawful acts that has occurred in a “certain culture” when it comes to conquering people physically and with racist ideology.
So please “miss me with the nonsense”……
10thLetter
October 28th, 2011
12:59 pm
she was trying to “bate” him into physically assaulting her so she could get a “payday”. Fortunately he kept a cool head. She should have be tased for assaulting him and invading his personal space in a threatening manor. She clearly was acting like a possessed animal somewhat demonic.
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:03 pm
I agree that she was likely drunk and totally overreacted. She should have been charged with assault. So should Usher and/or his driver been ticketed for illegal parking.
I just hope to get the point across to many who have already posted (since it seems to have escaped many) that it is morally wrong to park in a handicapped space unless you are actually handicapped. Just because you are in a hurry or happen to be driving grandpa’s car does not make it “OK”. If you are self righteous enough to believe it is okay, you are a worthless pos and I hope you rot in hades.
have a great Friday everybody!
Justin
October 28th, 2011
1:09 pm
@ TomDolby
October 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
“I think the woman was performing for TMZ”
@ Justin – I don’t think you know how TMZ works.
Regardless how TMZ works, there were cameras rolling just the same and she had to be aware of it.
Oh and keep your douche bag comments to yourself, because I’m sure you’ve never even met Usher. Idiot!
carla roqs
October 28th, 2011
1:10 pm
ummmmm, @ 10th letter?? let us move backwards to the 9th letter and correct your word to “bait”, smirk.
Justin
October 28th, 2011
1:12 pm
@ Sage
October 28th, 2011
12:41 pm
Usher was definitely wrong to park in a handicapped parking spot but so was the racist woman hurling racists insults at him but of course many of you hypocrites ignore that and I suspect it’s because you have more in common with her…..
You are absolutely correct! I also heard the comments on the film, but none of these racist on this board would ever admit she did.
emmysmom
October 28th, 2011
1:16 pm
@whocares, many people’s handicaps are not visible. My best friend, who recently died from breast cancer, looked fine when she exited her car in the handicap spot with her wig intact. She, however, could barely walk/breathe due to the cancer having spread to her lungs. She was weak and nauseated most of the time. But she relished the times she could get out of the house and a handicap parking space was necessary for her. Please do not be so quick to judge what you know nothing about.
James
October 28th, 2011
1:18 pm
It is the small things that measure a man. Not riches not fame not looks not race. BEHAVIOR MEASURES A MAN. This shows this man is inconsiderate, lazy, rude and regardless of the ‘fans’ he is not a good man.
Jacquie M.X.
October 28th, 2011
1:18 pm
God bless Elvis for stepping in to defray the situation! You can always count on Elvis to do the right thing.
Atl
October 28th, 2011
1:19 pm
Who cares, find something else to talk about, everyone has done this at least once. Or took a extra mint or pen from work no harm was intended.
carla roqs
October 28th, 2011
1:22 pm
@emmysmom- agreed. also people, doctors have to sign off on the forms- you cannot just print one of your copier- after the dr signs it, it has to be taken to the state or county, to be certified and issued. and some are red- temporary and some are blue-perm. i want you people to just be open minded. speaking of open minded- paula deen was wrong for calling out michelle obama.
Brownsugar
October 28th, 2011
1:24 pm
A simple” Sir, you are not suppose to park here” would have been more acceptable. She better be glad is wasn’t Gucci Mane or some rapper. Nobody could’ve saved her then
10thLetter
October 28th, 2011
1:26 pm
typo…happens to the best of them…no edit button But under further review, it was another handicapped space in the same spot where she assaulted Usher. Its people like her that blames innocent men for raping them and or killing their kids.
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:26 pm
What do you want us to say, Sage and Justin? You’re right. That woman is an ignorant racist waste of oxygen. Does that make you feel better? She obviously feels very strongly about the issue you hand. If Usher would have parked in a normal spot do you think she would have attacked him just because he is black? I think not. That would be completely stupid. I also would wager that if that had been Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Yo Yo Ma for pete’s sake, she would have reacted the same way. People who hang out at the Star Bar are more anti-establishment than they are obtuse racist morons. The issue was parking in the handicapped space. By doing so, he provoked her. That’s not defending her reaction, however, had he not put himself on a pedestal with his actions, none of that would have occurred.
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:27 pm
…issue at hand, that is
dre
October 28th, 2011
1:32 pm
Sooooo, what’s the problem? He mumbles hip hop and rap. Doesn’t that make him handicapped?
girl six
October 28th, 2011
1:32 pm
al right, i do not think she would have attacked the other “persons of interest” that you named. 10th letter, let us just not go there, okay?
carla roqs
October 28th, 2011
1:34 pm
at jennifer brett: you open THIS for comments and closed deen vs obama? wow.
Justin
October 28th, 2011
1:38 pm
@ Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:26 pm
What do you want us to say, Sage and Justin? You’re right. That woman is an ignorant racist waste of oxygen. Does that make you feel better? She obviously feels very strongly about the issue you hand. If Usher would have parked in a normal spot do you think she would have attacked him just because he is black? I think not. That would be completely stupid. I also would wager that if that had been Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Yo Yo Ma for pete’s sake, she would have reacted the same way. People who hang out at the Star Bar are more anti-establishment than they are obtuse racist morons. The issue was parking in the handicapped space. By doing so, he provoked her. That’s not defending her reaction, however, had he not put himself on a pedestal with his actions, none of that would have occurred.
You are clueless! How did Usher provoke this woman? By parking in a handicap spot? I could care less about the racist ranting she’s doing, because racism exist plain and simple! You seem to feel she had the right to assault him? Get a life!
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:38 pm
@Atl – No No No No No No. You don’t get it. It is absolutely polar opposite from taking a mint or office supplies. Why don’t you understand that it is morally wrong to do so? For multiple reasons. First and foremost, you deprive someone who has been given a challenge in life that you are lucky to not have to suffer through an opportunity to get out and experience life with a little less difficulty than being lumped in with the rest of us. Why can’t you understand that is the right thing to do? Secondly, you think you are better than everyone else, handicapped or not, by thinking you are priveleged enough to take the best space available because you don’t want to use your able legs and walk yourself? That is the height of self-righteous arrogance and all of society should shame behavior like that. If you excuse it, you are stupid and I hope that you do not reproduce because you are certainly incapable of teaching your children right from wrong.
TomDolby
October 28th, 2011
1:38 pm
@ Justin – You keep showing yourself to be an idiot who doesn’t know what they are talking about.
Al Right
October 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
Justin, you don’t get it either. See above. If I see someone park in a handicapped space and walk their happy tail from the car, I say something to them because it is morally wrong.
Clearly, you have never had anyone in your family with a handicap. You are the one who needs to get a clue.
voteforcainbecauseheisblack
October 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
people, leave it alone. we are gonna park where we want to. i park in handicapped spots all of the time. but then, i have psych issues.
Tertainmnt
October 28th, 2011
1:43 pm
Readers, JBrett writes more for entertainment. Stop saying ‘this isn’t news’ and go to the AP wire for.
DonKang
October 28th, 2011
1:45 pm
@Al You’re d@mned right I could (and would)! Next question….