The wife of an Alabama councilman who was caught on camera saying the N-word during a council meeting says she is now frightened someone is going to kill him and that he has been wearing a bulletproof vest.
Tommy Bryant, 76, has refused to apologize after he was filmed saying the N-word during a Tarrant City Council meeting on Monday night.
Video from the meeting showed Bryant standing up and saying: 'Do we have a house n****r in here?'. It appears he was referring to black female council member, Veronica Freeman.
Bryant insists his words were taken out of context and claims he was repeating what he heard the city's black mayor, Wayman Newton, say about Freeman at an earlier meeting.
His wife, Nancy Mahler Bryant, told TMZ that she fears they will be retaliated against.
Tommy Bryant, 76, has refused to apologize after he was filmed saying the N-word during a Tarrant City Council meeting on Monday night
His wife, Nancy Mahler Bryant, said she now fears they will be retaliated against. She said her husband is wearing a bulletproof vest when he leaves the house and that he has given her a gun in case someone tries to break into their home
She said her husband is wearing a bulletproof vest when he leaves the house and that he has given her a gun in case someone tries to break into their home.
Nancy said she and her 92-year-old mother, who lives with him, are not leaving the house and that they are keeping the blinds shut all day.
She said she is afraid that someone might try and shoot if they spot her husband inside the house.
Bryant's wife said they had received more than 400 threatening calls at their home since the video emerged.
Nancy said the callers, who are from right across the country, have called them racist and made threats
