The Salt Lake City restaurant co-owner seen on video dousing a smoker with a fire extinguisher wrote that he’s sorry Monday, though he also offered a defense of himself and said he is leaving the business.
In the video posted Friday to Facebook, Alex Jamison, 32, is seen asking a smoker puffing near his restaurant on Gallivan Plaza if he’ll put out his cigarette. When the the smoker keeps dragging, Jamison fires a quick burst from a fire extinguisher, dousing the smoker in the face.
Monday, Jamison wrote a lengthy Facebook post. After introducing himself as the man in the video, Jamison wrote he is leaving the three vegan businesses he co-owned.