Army veteran David Palmer was beaten badly last week during the violent #BlackLivesMatter riots in Charlotte.

David was jumped by 10 men that were attacking multiple victims and looting several businesses around the Epicentre.

Popular Military reported:

According to Palmer’s sister, Ashley, he had been out of the Army for less than a year and was working at a bar to make money before starting school in the spring.

Palmer was walking down 4th st -near the Epicentre parking deck- after leaving dinner at the Blackfinn with his sister, at around 8:45 p.m when the attack occurred. His sister parted ways with him after dinner but reports the men ambushed Palmer from a concealed position behind a construction site.

As the began to beat him they reportedly shouted, “You’re in the danger zone white boy.”