Bookie’s other owner, Jay Lambrecht, has disavowed the comments.
"His comments are not part of my views, Bookies views as a business," lambrecht said. "We are probably one of the most diverse bars in the city. That’s been our success. We will do our best to get back in people's good graces the best way we can but I understand why people are upset."
Mark Jerant, the man at the center of all this, released a written statement to us. It reads in part:
I want to express my deepest condolences to the family of the young man that was killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I am embarrassed and regret the tone and tenor of my comments.