Overview
- Starkville police arrested 20-year-old Patrick McClintock on Nov. 10 and charged him with disturbing the peace after a viral clip showed him confronting Dave Portnoy outside Boardtown Pizza & Pints.
- The video captured someone yelling an antisemitic slur and throwing coins toward Portnoy while he filmed a One Bite review, prompting an arrest warrant over the weekend.
- McClintock was processed, photographed, and released on a $2,500 bond, and he subsequently withdrew from Mississippi State University, according to university and police statements.
- Authorities said offensive speech is generally protected, but disruptive or potentially violent conduct can lead to enforcement, and they are still assessing possible bias-based penalty enhancements.
- Portnoy released the full review showing the confrontation and, in a CBS Sunday Morning interview recorded earlier, said he encounters antisemitism daily; some legal commentators noted the coin-throwing could influence charging decisions.