NOKOMIS — A Wachula man tattooed with swastikas and other racist symbols went on a tirade at a Nokomis restaurant on Friday, proclaiming to be a white supremacist and striking a female staff member.
Nicholas Arnold Schock, 36, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with battery and disturbing the peace. He is being held at the Sarasota County Jail on 55,000 bail. His bond was raised after it was originally set at $620.
Schock appeared to tell deputies before he was taken into custody,
in a video posted by a bystander on Facebook, that he has psychological issues.
“I’m a white supremacist,” Schock yelled on a video captured by bystander. “The Aryan nation will rule the world. People covered in tattoos will be my closest relatives, I promise you.”
Two men approached Schock, who began sauntering through the outside seating area with his shorts unbuttoned while making sexual threats to a guest.
“We have children in here,” said two men who confronted him.