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A Maryland man was awarded $800,000 after being assaulted by security guards at Six Flags America park last year. Nicholaus Mims was enjoying Father’s at the amusement park when the incident happened according to the Daily Record. Mims alleges he was pushed to the ground and handcuffed as he walked to his car because he wasn’t wearing a shirt.

“This beat down is unacceptable,” his attorney said at the time of the incident.

Mims was searched for his 12-year-old son who’d wandered from the park. Security guards told Mims he had to put on a shirt according to the suit. An argument began and a white staff member called for backup.

“In response, the Caucasian female employee activated her handheld radio device and called park security,” the complaint states.

“You don’t know what crazy people are going to do out here,” he told The Washington Post “Everything flashes through your mind at that time. You’re worried.”

Mims claims the guards initially let him continue searching for his child, but “not one time did anyone say, ‘Is something wrong? Do you need help?’” He would later locate the boy playing arcade games.

Mims said the encounter escalated when the Six Flags staffer called security a decision he believes was racially motivated. Two guards arrived and ordered the man to leave. In the lawsuit, Mims said he attempted to explain what happened and that he was waiting on his wife, who had his shirt. The guards repeatedly told him to leave.

“‘I don’t understand, I’ve spent all this money — almost $400 — to get into this park, and now you are telling me I have to leave because I don’t have a shirt on?” Mims said.

The father began cussing at the guards and that’s when he claims one of the guards reached for his Mace and told him to leave. As he attempted to walk toward the exit and step outside the gate, Mims claims one of the guards yanked his arm and arrested him for disorderly conduct. Security guards then pushed him to the ground and beat him, causing him to suffer cuts, bruises and a concussion.

Mims captured a lot of the incident on her cell phone.

“I could see if I was fighting with someone or not [being] compliant, but I was leaving,” he told the Post. “I broke the rules. That’s my bad, but that doesn’t mean you need to slam my face into the ground.”

Mims filed a complaint against the park last year, seeking $10 million in damages.

“This was about protecting their PR image at the expense of these egregious injuries against a compliant African American male trying to enjoy his family holiday,” Governor Jackson III, a lawyer representing Mims.

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