A security guard in Kansas City, Mo., has reportedly been placed on leave after a local bartender says he tried to order a “Trayvon Martini,” a reference to the black Florida teenager who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman in 2012.

The bartender, who goes by Alobar Bandaloop on Facebook, wrote in a post that a man identified as Michael Dargy Jr., tried to order the drink last week.

Bandaloop, who is black, wrote that Dargy described the drink as having watermelon juice and one shot of vodka, “because it only takes one shot to put him down.”

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“The smug look on his face was one of the most punchable looks I’ve ever seen,” Bandaloop wrote in the post. “I’m still stuck in shock that this grown man would say this.”

The bartender said that he refused to serve Dargy, and said that another bar employee “[walked] away in disgust.”

“He’s paid by the neighborhood to walk around with a pistol and ‘police’ the area,” Bandaloop wrote. “This is a huge issue with me. Who can trust this man in any interaction with an African American? How can this man make sure any mixed cultures are ‘secure’?”

The Westport Regional Business League told The Kansas City Star in a statement that the security company has placed Dargy on leave and is investigating the allegations.

“If true, it is reprehensible, and we will have zero tolerance for that type of behavior in this welcoming district,” the league said in a statement.

Dargy also formerly worked as a police officer with the Olathe, Kan., Police Department, which said he had not worked for the department since 2016, The Kansas City Star reported.