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A woman in Florida says her 55-year-old “medically fragile” father was falsely accused of theft at a Florida grocery store last week and then seriously injured in a violent encounter with police. Now, she says, he is hospitalized and has lost the ability to speak.

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[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

She said he told her that he picked up four bananas, one of which he ate on the way to the register, and that he told the cashier that he needed to pay for four bananas even though she scanned only three. Anjelica Lee said her father told her he was followed closely while he was shopping by a white female employee, who, she said, accused him of stealing the banana he ate.

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“At first, I was trying to ask her what happened, and she was like, ‘People like you and him shouldn’t come into the store if you don’t have money to pay for things,’” Anjelica Lee said. “My mom is white, and my dad is Black. So I’m mixed. So I think she meant Black people. And it just escalated from that, and she went to cussing me out.”

JFC. Racist piece of shit.

Fuck the cops. Fuck this piece of garbage cashier.

Fuck all this.

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 24 points 2 years ago

No no no, the cashier wasn't the one who followed him around the store.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yee. Fuck the police, ~~the cashier~~, and that employee too

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Why are we saying fuck the cashier?

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Fuck, that's a good question. The first time I read it I thought one interaction was with a cashier, but now I don't see "cashier" anywhere lmao. Oopsie daisy :p

[-] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago

Wow. Non American here. My kid regularly eats while I shop. I just bring empty packets to register for them to scan and they normally throw them out for me. No problem. Like zero problem.

I don't even think our police would show up if they were called. They take 3hrs to turn up to a home invasion, so I doubt they'd show up for a banana. This is a crazy level of policing.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

A lot of retail stores will have a police officer sit in their car close by so they can have a quick response to e for shoplifters. I see it a lot in areas that have several larger retail stores grouped together.

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