Flint Councilman Eric Mays Got Into a Bar Fight with Mayor’s Chief of Staff

No, this isn't an Onion article.

Flint City Councilman Eric Mays is alleging that he was attacked at a bar on Wednesday night by a member of Mayor Sheldon Neeley's staff.

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It all started when Mays left a city council meeting on Wednesday night because "nobody was following the rules."

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Mays made his way to Rube's Bar & Grill on North Chevrolet Avenue. Mayor Sheldon Neeley's Deputy Chief of Staff DuVarl Murdock says that, at the bar, Mays threatened him with physical violence.

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And this is where it gets muddy - Mays says that Murdock was "slapping me on the face like The Godfather." Murdock says that he was just defending himself; Mays claims that they ended up on the floor in a scuffle.

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Police showed up and Mays was taken to Hurley; Murdock has filed a criminal report against him.

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