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Footage emerges of checkout line argument between Georgia lawmaker and man she accused of [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 25, 2019 | Lauren Freun

Posted on 07/26/2019 4:24:12 AM PDT by C19fan

Footage has emerged of the moment a shopper approached a Georgia lawmaker during a grocery store spat in which she claimed he told her 'go back where you came from'. Police said Wednesday they would not charge Eric Sparkes over the incident after an officer's bodycam also showed a witness claiming it was in fact state Rep. Erica Thomas who made the inflammatory remarks and not him. Cobb County police released security video from inside the Publix which shows the moment the two begin to argue in front of shocked shoppers and staff. The clip has no audio but shows Sparkes came back to the line to approach pregnant Thomas, pointing to the express lane sign.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: cobbcounty; ericathomas; ericsparkes; fake; georgia; race
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Looks like another fake "hate crime". This woman should be forced out of office but we know that will not happen. Can the guy sue for defamation? Once again the British press do the job the MSM refuses to do. Someone posted on another site, Thomas had a twitter shout out to Jussie Smollett from a few years ago. I guess Thomas was inspired by Jussie to report a fake "hate crime".
1 posted on 07/26/2019 4:24:12 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

She needs the Perseus effect...


2 posted on 07/26/2019 4:36:37 AM PDT by Mashood
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Erica Thomas is a despicable lying leftist hate filled arrogant loudmouthed racist gun confiscating asshole and a typical black democrat politician in GA (but I repeat myself).

I would hope that this incident would wake up some of her "woke" voters, but since their only two criteria for voting are black and Democrat I have my doubts. 95% of Ga's black voters would vote for Robert Mugabe over Abraham Lincoln if they were running against each other today.

3 posted on 07/26/2019 4:44:09 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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First of all...”going back to whete you came from”...means “go back to the line you were standing in before you got here” ...two...she appears to be oblivious to her surroundings...perfect victim...third...she cannot recount the events in her life very well...a bit delusional? poor public office necessities...just another day in humanville...


4 posted on 07/26/2019 4:44:35 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Don’t you just love it when the liberals fight amongst themselves.

With all the identity groups, it should be easy to get them really fighting against each other...

In the name of political correctness, Blacks need to protest the Democrat Party that kept them enslaved.

Get the women’s rights and the gay rights groups fighting with the pro Islamic groups.

Get the Pro Life Dem’s fighting with the baby killers.

Get the immigrants who went through the process of legal immigration to fight the open immigration Dem’s who are bringing in the criminals.

Get the immigrants who came from communist or socialist countries to live the American Dream fighting with the progressive socialist Dem’s

I am “A-Political and the “A” stands for ANTAGONIST!


5 posted on 07/26/2019 4:47:06 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Gee, another lying lawmaker. Imagine that!!!


6 posted on 07/26/2019 4:48:41 AM PDT by DJ Frisat ( (optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: C19fan

this apparently happened in an atlanta suburb. the uk daily mail really gets around...


7 posted on 07/26/2019 4:56:42 AM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: C19fan

False accusers need to go to jail.


8 posted on 07/26/2019 4:57:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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“That shows an onlooker at the store confirming to law enforcement that Thomas used the racist phrase and not Sparkes. “

That phrase was never considered racist until Trump used it. That’s how the leftist fanatics get you. They suddenly declare that a commonly used phase is racist and pretend it has always been such.


9 posted on 07/26/2019 4:57:57 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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We need some lip readers here to watch the video.


10 posted on 07/26/2019 4:58:50 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Thank you to the honest onlooker for telling the truth.

She probably hates “express lane” cheaters as much as everybody else.


12 posted on 07/26/2019 5:07:04 AM PDT by moovova
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To: tired&retired

Yes. A junior high student could run a psy-ops on these clowns. Getting all of these various groups to fight amongst themselves perpetually wouldn’t be difficult.


13 posted on 07/26/2019 5:11:55 AM PDT by Levy78
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One of the interesting things we have learned from this saga is that Publix does not enforce the express lane item limit. They rely on the social contract to cause people to self- enforce the express lane rule, and you can see how well that works with selfish dolts like Erica Thomas.


14 posted on 07/26/2019 5:25:57 AM PDT by Cecily
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Notice how quickly this story has disappeared from all media.


15 posted on 07/26/2019 5:33:44 AM PDT by ealgeone
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I have no problem telling people to move.


16 posted on 07/26/2019 5:34:53 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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Police said Wednesday they would not charge Eric Sparkes over the incident after an officer's bodycam also showed a witness claiming it was in fact state Rep. Erica Thomas who made the inflammatory remarks and not him.

Guilty until proven innocent. It's a good thing there is video to protect this guy, or he would have been convicted in the court of public opinion before he even got to trial (over something that should not be a crime at all).

The lying bigot who accused him should be charged with a crime, convicted, removed from office, and sent to jail. Racists with power disgust me.

17 posted on 07/26/2019 5:35:03 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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“With all the identity groups, it should be easy to get them really fighting against each other...”

Simple. Demand the hierarchy be spelled out. Print a chart so everyone will know their victim status. Stand back and watch hilarity ensue.


18 posted on 07/26/2019 5:43:49 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To all FReepers too lazy to read the linked article... The cashier who witnessed the entire event told police that Erica Thomas told the Cuban guy to “go back where you came from” and not the other way around as she alleged against him.


19 posted on 07/26/2019 5:48:08 AM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: SteveH

I’m subscribed to the Daisy Cousins Youtube channel. She’s in Austrailia. She covers politics and, sometimes, covers Austrailia politics. But most of her videos are about US politics and Trump stuff specifically.

It seems that since Trump became president, the entire world has a strong US centric political viewpoint.


20 posted on 07/26/2019 5:49:09 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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