Bashir Rasheed, 36, was arrested June 7 after he drove his BMW to a Waffle House in Sandy Springs, got out of the car and tried to enter the restaurant sans clothes, according to NBC26.com.
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Witnesses told police that Rasheed began stroking his penis after exiting his car and walked up to the entrance where he allegedly pressed his sex organ against the glass entry door, according to CBS46.com.
A restaurant employee immediately called 911 to explain the situation, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“This is the Waffle House. A gentleman just got out of his car and is naked standing in front of my door. He just peed on my door and now he’s walking inside. ‘Sir, you cannot come in here.’"
Instead of eating his vittles, Rodgers decided to go viral by live streaming the incident.
"It kind of shocked me as a customer, ruined my meal,” Rodgers told WSB TV. “I immediately went to video. I didn't know what he was going to do."
Rodgers told the station that something was obviously wrong with the naked suspect.
“He was saying a lot of different things. He's hot, he's burning up. Apparently he was. It must have been Death Valley out here. He was butt naked," Rodgers told the station.
Still, the incident presented a challenging parenting moment for Rodgers.
“I wouldn't know how to tell my kid what was going on at that time, to see a grown man," he told the station, adding, "He was built like a potato."
Here is a clip of what Rodgers' live streamed:
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Eventually, Rasheed retreated to his car and was arrested a short time later.
However, Rasheed was unable to explain to officers why he was naked.
Even worse: Officers said the suspect grabbed himself and began to urinate while they were still talking, according to the arrest report.
Rasheed was medically evaluated at a nearby hospital before being cited for public indecency and released, according to the station.
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