Posted on 04/24/2018 8:50:46 AM PDT by simpson96
When a woman dining at a Waffle House refused to pay 50 cents extra for plastic utensils, she ended up tackled on the ground by Alabama police officers,(snip)
A day after bailing out his stepdaughter, Lamar Howard told ABC News he is proud of his daughter's restraint, and had he been with her he wouldn't have been able to control his emotions.
"I would have gone to jail first," he said. "And I might have ended up shot or dead.”
Chikesia Clemons, 25, who goes by "Kiki," sat down near the front of the restaurant, and is then shown on video shot by a friend being aggressively taken to the ground by two Saraland police officers, who pulled on her clothing and exposed her chest.
Clemons' father said that his daughter had dined at the establishment a week before and was given plastic utensils for free.
"Kiki was there with her friend and they had no problem being given the plastic," he said. "That's why when the lady made a big deal about it and said it was 'an extra 50 cents' they complained."
Clemons also asked for Waffle House's corporate phone number so she could call and lodge a formal complaint, shortly after which the situation turned hostile, Howard told ABC News.
(snip)
"I'm sitting here, and you're talking crazy to me," she said, as the cop began to grab her arms. "You're not going to grab on me like that. No."
From here, the friend recording on her phone said, "Come on KiKi, let's just go outside."
As the cop continued to try handcuffing Clemons, another officer appeared.
With her top down, revealing her bare chest, Clemons yelled at both officers: "What did I do? Why are you doing this to me?"
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Trying to shut down Waffle houses it seems, for the good of the people I am sure.
50 cents for plastic utensils?
I think the cops arrested the wrong one, here.
The woman is an idiot and should have handled this better. And .50 cents for plastic utensils is total greedy BS. I’d like to see this company nose dive into the ground.
Baby got back!
It looks like a good sneeze would have left her ‘exposed’ with this outfit.
She Persisted.
No statement from the police? Is there more to this story we aren’t being told?
products you pay for then or you don’t get them it’s called business deal with or go some place else idiot.
Lol
“When a woman dining at a Waffle House refused to pay 50 cents extra for plastic utensils, she ended up tackled on the ground by Alabama police officers,(snip)”
Why do I have the distinct feeling that there was a lot going on/being said/noncompliance/resisting between the “refusing to pay” and the “tackled on the ground”?
Well for starters that was not her friend she was with that was her MOTHER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvHaJzjz-k
Plastic bags in Gilroy, CA cost 10 cents each — required by city ordinance. Is the charge perhaps similarly required?
If the report is true, maybe the cops could have used better discretion.
So if 4 people go eat, ya think it’s reasonable to charge them $2.00 for a couple plastic forks? Really?
What do they charge for napkins?
This is what cops do. They took her down with non-lethal force just as they’re supposed to. She on the other hand was relying on her ‘blackness’ to be a jerk.
In a racist observation, why is it almost always a grossly overweight black women that causes the disruptions at restaurants? McDonalds in particular.
[[as the cop began to grab her arms. “You’re not going to grab on me like that. No.” ]]
[[refused to pay 50 cents extra for plastic utensils]]
She’s black- she’s more special than everyone else- she gets to tell the business what she will and will not do, and she gets to tell the police what they can and can not do
Little is being done about drug dealers but the crackdown on those who don’t want to pay fifty cents for plastic spoons is clearly a top priority.
actually police make dangerous drug arrests every single day all across America
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