Over at Yahoo News, one reader claimed she saw the whole thing. And it looked quite a bit different than the tale of “victimhood and survival” Dr. Marks was so busy sowing around the world.
I WAS THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. Here is the truth that the media isn’t reporting. The incident took place at the Whole Foods store on Bay Place in Oakland. The man had a variety of items in his shopping basket. After the clerk scanned all the items the customer tried to pay with an EBT card. The clerk told him he has to pay for the household goods in his basket with cash, because they are EBT ineligible items. The customer had beer, soap, and cat food along with his food items.
The black man got very irritated and asked for a manager. A manager came to the register and told the man that it is illegal to use an EBT card for the purchase of the non-food items in his cart. The black man started swearing and throwing all the cat food on the floor, breaking one of the containers and spilling it on the floor. The security was called to escort him out of the store. The black man spit in the security guards face, and that is when the altercation took place. Fists were thrown and the customer got the #$%$ end of the stick. Not a single reporter or officer approached me for an interview. There were numerous cameras all over the area and I cannot wait until the footage is released.
Over at San Francisco Weekly, another reader took it to another level:
This customer came to the store drunk right before the closing time. While in the store he sexually harassed several female employees. Using an EBT card at Whole Foods is allowed. The issue is he was trying to use it to buy other things that are not allowed with an EBT card...non human food items and alcohol.
He argued with the Cashier (a black woman) and slapped and spitted in her face when his EBT card was declined. He then punched another employee in the face. He then spit in the face of the manager (also a black man), then broke open cat food and dumped it on the floor. Then the guard (also a black man) was called. A customer was asked to leave. He kept spitting in the guards face and that’s when he was physically removed. The “witness” in the video is a social justice warrior that has one of those dubious doctorates in “African studies” degrees and ties to look for racism where none is present. Everyone involved in this situation is black. A customer, the cashier, the manager and the security guard - are all black.
Except for Dr. Marks. She is white. And still convinced that black people in Oakland trying to buy groceries are routinely beat For No Reason What So Ever.
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