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Waffle House Doubles Down On Chikesia Clemons Arrest As Activists Call For Boycott
http://newsonmedia.com ^ | 5/1/18

Posted on 05/01/2018 7:13:15 PM PDT by BBell

Activists protested at Waffle House’s Atlanta headquarters on Monday, demanding the restaurant chain drop charges against customer Chikesia Clemons, who was violently arrested at an Alabama location on April 22.

Waffle House, however, doubled down on its defense of employees who called the police, and claimed Clemons was threatening the workers with violence.

The activists, including those representing causes like March for Our Lives, the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, and the NAACP, asked Waffle House to withdraw charges against Clemons, who was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The activists also asked Waffle House to release video of the incident that “will prove officers threatened Ms. Clemons,” issue a statement rebuking the mishandling of Clemons and take “disciplinary action” against employees involved.

The activists called for a nationwide boycott of Waffle House beginning on Friday.

Clemons, 25, was in a Waffle House in Saraland, Alabama, with a friend when three police officers, summoned by employees, forced her to the floor, exposing her breasts, and handcuffed her, according to a video taken by Clemons’ friend that has since gone viral. Police said Clemons and her friend were drunk and brought alcohol into the restaurant. Clemons, they said, told officers she would “shoot this place up.”

Waffle House quickly released a statement defending the “appropriate” actions of the Saraland Police Department.

On Monday in Atlanta, Waffle House spokesman Pat Warner told demonstrators the chain’s employees are specifically trained to contact police “anytime there is concern about their personal safety or that of their customers.”

“Previously, we stated that upon reviewing security video and eyewitness statements, it was our belief that our associates calling the police was necessary and appropriate,” the company said in a statement.

“In the days since, we have gathered additional details and information. Witnesses say several threats were made to our associates including threats of violence, and that’s why the police were called.”

The statement said the company’s investigation into the incident “will conclude this week.”

Police have said they are investigating actions of the officers involved.

Clemons herself spoke publicly for the first time on Sunday, appearing on the MSNBC show “PoliticsNation” with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Clemons said the arrest has been “so hard” on her. “I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I’m constantly crying. I have a 6-year-old daughter, I’m trying to be strong for her,” she said.

“She sees me crying, she starts to cry, so it’s very hard on me at the time right now.”

Clemons expressed gratitude to those supporting and defending her.

“I ask you guys continue to be behind me as you fight for justice for me,” she said.

Her attorney, Benjamin Crump, told Sharpton: “There are two independent white women who were in the restaurant that night that said what the waitress did, and, more importantly, what the Saraland police did, Reverend Al, was just unacceptable.”

Crump implored viewers to “stand up for our unarmed black women.”

Sharpton, Crump, and other activists will be in Mobile, Alabama, a short drive from Saraland, on Tuesday for a town hall meeting on the incident.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: boycott; chikesiaclemons; wafflehouse
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Nothing like making a mound out of a mole hill for potential monetary or political gain. Seems to be the norm lately. She has already lawyered up with the infamous race-baiter Benjamin Crump and of course Al Sharpton, who traded his good book for a check book a long time ago, is involved. Nothing like a good o' shakedown to attract the flies.

Let them boycott waffle house. I doubt it goes anywhere. Where else you going to eat cheap at all hours of the morning.

1 posted on 05/01/2018 7:13:15 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

The closest Waffle House is in Arizona. A long drive for a buycott, but I’m in.


2 posted on 05/01/2018 7:19:12 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: BBell
Hopefully Alabama law requires plaintiff to pay all costs when they lose their case.

But then again I can imagine the makeup of any jury …
 

3 posted on 05/01/2018 7:19:53 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: BBell

Ben Crump has to be one of the most dumb sounding mother ####ers I’ve ever heard.

I wouldn’t let him represent me on a parking ticket issue.

Let them march or do whatever the #### it is they do.

I dont eat at Waffle House anyway. Don’t know if there’s any up north. Or else I would eat there as a statement.


4 posted on 05/01/2018 7:20:13 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: BBell

A boycott by Sharpton’s groupies might improve waffle house business.


5 posted on 05/01/2018 7:27:18 PM PDT by Rebelbase (YETI deathwatch, tick, tick, tick......)
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To: BBell

Bring in Kanye to straighten out da bishes.


6 posted on 05/01/2018 7:28:50 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: BBell
I have a 6-year-old daughter, I’m trying to be strong for her,” she said.

Start by not being in a Waffle House after 2:00 AM.

7 posted on 05/01/2018 7:34:50 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: dp0622

The closest one to me is the one that dude shot up last week. I wouldn’t go in a Waffle House at 3am without a bazooka.


8 posted on 05/01/2018 7:35:58 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: BBell

That was a gentle take-down. They treated her with kid gloves the whole time. Soft-spoken, no yelling or cursing. Very professional job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3eI5F-AUVw


9 posted on 05/01/2018 7:50:26 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: BBell

Chikesia meet Stormy.


10 posted on 05/01/2018 7:54:05 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: BBell

On Christmas day, traveling through Missouri and Illinois, I’ll tell ya the only place we could find any food was Waffle House.


11 posted on 05/01/2018 7:59:17 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: dp0622

He may have been a mediocre lawyer before he jumped on the “civil rights” band wagon. Lot of money in it.


12 posted on 05/01/2018 7:59:21 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Ken H

I watched it. It was no beat down...


13 posted on 05/01/2018 8:00:14 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

I’ll have a chikesia, scattered, covered, and smothered.


14 posted on 05/01/2018 8:00:15 PM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: BBell

I know people in the area and they say Chikesia showed up with a drink in her hands.

If blacks boycott, it will be a safer to eat there.


15 posted on 05/01/2018 8:03:05 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Mr.Unique

Start by not being in a Waffle House after 2:00 AM, and drunk


16 posted on 05/01/2018 8:03:15 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: BBell

Oh please let them boycot. Please please please...It will be so much nicer and safer there.


17 posted on 05/01/2018 8:24:31 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Fire Sessions!!!)
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To: Rebelbase

#5. re “A boycott by Sharpton’s groupies might improve waffle house business”. Well, it sure will improve the IQ level there as well as the literacy rate.


18 posted on 05/01/2018 8:33:00 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Mr.Unique
Don't use you kids like that, its low and disgusting.
19 posted on 05/01/2018 8:33:28 PM PDT by Ikeon (WhAaat? you got offended by something you read on the intranet?)
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To: Rebelbase
A boycott by Sharpton’s groupies might improve waffle house business.

I doubt if Chik-Fil-A put this out bit it nicely sums up both boycott situations:


20 posted on 05/01/2018 8:33:45 PM PDT by Oatka (tHE)
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