California dad-of-seven 'is dragged into room and beaten by grocery store workers' after he made sarcastic remark about long checkout line

Daily Mail UK ^ | April 25, 2022 | Jimmy Mccloskey

[Morgana]

A California father-of-seven says he was beaten-up by grocery store staff after making a sarcastic remark about the length of a checkout line.

John Valencia was filmed scuffling with staff at Stater Brothers in San Bernardino on April 20, but said the violence escalated in a private store closet.

He told Fox13 that the incident began when he went to pick up a coffee, only to be confronted with a long checkout line for a single cash register.

Valencia says he asked a manager to open another, only to be ignored.

When he told the manager 'great customer service,' in what he insists was a non-aggressive manner, he said the staffer asked him to leave.

But Valencia's ordeal escalated into a brutal beating as he walked out, when he said he was dragged into a closet by at least two grocery store workers and beaten.

He recalled: 'Other employees came and I can remember it was like they had me on the ground, and I seen them trying to close the door, and I was trying to kick the door open so they wouldn't close it, and they grabbed my legs and pulled them up.

'Two of them started beating on me, then they started kicking my face and stomping on my back and stomping my head while holding me down.'

Valencia said the beating only stopped when another worker shouted: 'Let him up, let him up.'

[Tired of Taxes]

just posted his picture and name without any other comment. I often do that for stories. I would have posted his picture regardless

Thanks! That's what I thought you did. But, then someone else posted the photo with a different comment, so I started thinking maybe you posted the photo for that other reason, too.

Thanks for the clarification. Have a great night!

[Tired of Taxes]

LOL. Yeah, that is funny.

[Tired of Taxes]

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but... whatever.