Groups of protesters gather outside Waffle House Headquarters

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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A group of civil rights organizations and activists gathered outside Waffle House's corporate headquarters in Norcross Friday morning to deliver a petition for police charges to be dropped in the recent incidents at the restaurant chain.

This most recent protest comes after a black woman at a restaurant in Saraland, Alabama was arrest and another arrest involving a black man at one of the restaurants' North Carolina locations.

Following video of a teenager in his prom attire being choked by a police officer outside a Waffle House in North Carolina, Dr. Bernice King weighed in on the issue. She took to Twitter to encourage her followers to boycott Waffle House until the chain commits to a discussion on racism and employee training.

She wrote:

Both Clemons and Wall face criminal charges. "The charges are unreal to me," Anthony Wall said outside the Waffle House headquarters today. "I've never been in trouble like this. I'm a hardworking person." Anthony Wall did admit he got into a heated argument with employees before police were called.

The petition brought to Waffle House asks for police to drop all charges and offer a public apology.

"Give us a public apology because we were humiliated all over the world," Chikesia Clemons, the woman arrested at the Saraland, Alabama restaurant, said.

Protest organizers said the petition already has over 2,000 signatures.

In response to Friday's demonstrations Waffle House released the following statement, saying in part:

Waffle House did say it would conduct additional training with its employees to better equip them to handle similar situations in the future.