York County restaurant owner makes public apology for racist comments made in viral social media video

The video, posted on X (formerly Twitter), depicts Spanos repeatedly yelling racial slurs and saying, “I am a racist.”

“I am the individual who was recorded using racist language in a recently released video,” Jonathan Spanos said.

Spanos, owner of The Paddock on Market in Springettsbury Township, was joined by Pastor Bill Kerney, President of the Black Ministers Association of York County, Dr. Sherry Washington, incoming president of the York County branch of the NAACP, and Dr. Larry Walthour, Pastor and member of the Confronting Racism Coalition of York.

“By no means does our presence at this conference signify all is well because all is not well,” said Dr. Sherry Washington, incoming president of the York County NAACP.

“The Confronting Racism Coalition recognizes Mr. Spanos’s apology and ownership …