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'A case of all Asians look alike’: Florida man sues police, Walmart for racial profiling, false arrest
Yahoo News ^ | 3/3/2023 | Carl Samson

Posted on 03/06/2023 5:12:47 PM PST by simpson96

A man from Hudson, Florida, has filed a federal suit against a Hernando County deputy, a Walmart loss prevention officer and Walmart itself for allegedly wrongfully arresting him after mistaking him for another Asian person.

The arrest, which was caught in a now-viral video, occurred at the Walmart Supercenter on Commercial Way in Spring Hill on Nov. 27. 2022.

According to reports, the incident began when the Walmart loss prevention officer called 911 to report an “Asian male” who allegedly trespassed into the store.

The employee identified the man as “Cody Vondelinde” to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office over the phone, saying, “There's an Asian male in the store right now. His name is Cody Vondelinde. He trespassed from this store. He is not allowed to be here, and he also tends to be violent and carries weapons.”

Shortly after, the Hudson County deputy arrived and arrested Tony Nguyen, who had been shopping with his girlfriend, Lauren Caldwell.

Caldwell filmed the encounter, which saw the deputy put her boyfriend in handcuffs and pull him out of the store and into a police vehicle.

“Why are you pulling me? I’m walking with you,” Nguyen says in protest. “You know I’m disabled, right? I have back issues.”

Nguyen was taken to jail, and it was only then when officers finally asked for his ID, according to the suit.

“I was able to confirm your ID at the jail. You’re not the person he was looking for,” a deputy reportedly told Nguyen. “You have not been trespassed, and so I'm taking you back to your house. And for me personally, I apologize. Sometimes identities get mixed up.”

However, Nguyen said he was not immediately released. While on the police ride home, the sheriff allegedly kept him in handcuffs, pulled over

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1 posted on 03/06/2023 5:12:47 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Well, they do. 🤡


2 posted on 03/06/2023 5:24:48 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is not! I watched Squid Game and I could easily tell the babe HoYeon Jung from the old man O Yeong-su.


3 posted on 03/06/2023 5:35:59 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just postill clickbait!)
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To: simpson96

I live in Hawaii.
Probably the most diverse state in America.
We have low crime because we don’t have many black people.
but I have no problem figuring out who is who, regardless of race or cultural background.


4 posted on 03/06/2023 5:38:07 PM PST by rellic
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To: simpson96

Idiots. Pulling his ID right on the spot, like a thinking professional, would have prevented all this.

Thugs with badges, big balls and no brains.


5 posted on 03/06/2023 5:39:00 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: simpson96

This is Cody Vondelinde.

6 posted on 03/06/2023 5:48:02 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: simpson96

Shopping while Asian….he hit the payday.


7 posted on 03/06/2023 5:49:22 PM PST by gunnut
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To: gunnut

“Shopping while Asian….he hit the payday.”

KA-CHING!!!! (NOT a racial slur!!!)

I’ll bet he still won’t get as much dough as there would be had this involved black people. That’s just the way it is...


8 posted on 03/06/2023 6:25:53 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Trusting the rent-a-cop was his first mistake.

Verifying what he was told is always a good idea.

Don’t let someone else’s mistake become yours


9 posted on 03/06/2023 6:55:17 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: simpson96


Blnk
10 posted on 03/06/2023 10:58:56 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

LOL - Looks nothing like Nguyen.


11 posted on 03/06/2023 11:06:16 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAXI)
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12 posted on 03/06/2023 11:27:11 PM PST by know.your.why (Be not eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to THE most boring conformity)
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To: know.your.why

LOL


13 posted on 03/07/2023 10:09:11 AM PST by simpson96
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