The Shreveport bar brawl that resulted in the arrests of W. stars Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright apparently began because some beer-swilling locals took offense at a bunch of tea-sipping Hollywood liberals attacking their guy George Bush (whose spotty career is the subject of the Oliver Stone-directed biopic). This wanton display of redneckery pissed off Mr. Brolin, who has shown a lack of anger management skill in the past, and fists started flying. Wright, who in case you weren't aware is African-American, tried to break things up, but a racial invective hurled his way caused him to get sucked into the fracas as well. Police were finally called, and reportedly had to taser Wright and then pepper spray both him and Brolin to get them to cooperate.
KTBS in Shreveport is now also reporting that a cell phone camera recorded some of the action...but, unfortunately, TMZ was unable to intercept it before it found its way to a lawyer representing Brolin and Wright. There are also sketchy reports that it was a cop who used the racial slur on Wright, and that the actor was "repeatedly tasered and pepper sprayed as he lay prone on his stomach in the street." Guess Louisiana is still Louisiana.
