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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)because the traitor and family are brought to justice, not one deplorable better ask me why.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)sometimes i do anyway feeling i owe it to the victims. other times i just can't.
it just has to stop.
MineralMan
(146,318 posts)A nice kid takes his little sister to the prom. They go to Waffle House afterwards, which is sad in its own way. Waffle House calls the cops? For what reason? So, this young lad gets man-handled by a big white cop?
WTF? I hope there's more video of this entire incident.
safeinOhio
(32,695 posts)Common to LEOs. Make them pee in the bottle then fire them if they test positive.
brush
(53,794 posts)Perhaps a boycott should be called until they stop calling cops on black people just living their lives.
I know I won't ever go to one again.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)In the South, you cant sneeze without hitting a Waffle House.
So as a matter of simple logic, if something happenswhether it be bad, good or mundaneit will likely happen at a Waffle House.
Their waffles really are delicious, though. No one does waffles better than a Waffle House.
brush
(53,794 posts)racist caller/employees gets someone killed.
They've already gotten a black woman roughed up and her breasts exposed over a petty plastic fork/spoon incident. And now a black prom goer manhandled by an abusive cop.
Fuck their damn waffles.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)Or an unfortunate side effect of inherent prejudices of some who happen to work there?
That's a key distinction.
Again, ubiquity.
brush
(53,794 posts)One instituted policy changes and nationwide employee training while the other company seems to condone the incidents with their inaction.
Again, fuck their waffles. People, especially black people and other POCs need to stop patronizing that company until the incidents of siccing police on their customers for bullshit stops and the company acknowledges the problem and does something about it.
Who the hell are we now, we just accept mistreatment because the company has a lot of outlets? Ubiquity my ass, go to the competition or do without.
MLK and Rosa Parks fought against the ubiquity of the racist bus company by boycotting...and thousands followed and did without (they walked to work) and the company and the country was forced to change.
Have we lost that sense of injustice in 2018 because of good waffles?
PatrickforO
(14,578 posts)that have good waffles too.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)And sometimes go crazy with all the whipped cream and toppings that distract from the waffle itself.
Not that it's bad, but I prefer the less airy, simpler and richer American style waffles, and I have to say Waffle House does a pretty good job with those.
Sorry, didn't meant to derail this serious topic like this.
brush
(53,794 posts)Last edited Mon May 14, 2018, 11:43 AM - Edit history (1)
I've seen your posts before and have learned to expect better.
Sentath
(2,243 posts)I say this because they don't have any waffle batter. All their griddled cakes are made from the same pool.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)At least no Waffle House Ive ever been too.
What other griddled cakes could there be?
Sentath
(2,243 posts)My info was a few years out of date. It seems they stopped putting them on the menu sometime after 2016.
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Waffle-House-have-pancakes-on-their-menu
trixie2
(905 posts)I have still never gone back there.
peggysue2
(10,833 posts)Dressed in prom clothes, too! The cop could have broken this kid's neck. By accident, of course
Good thing this vid is available. Hope his parents sue the pants off this cop and PD.
Outrageous.
renate
(13,776 posts)It would be horrifying no matter what, but my god, after he'd taken his little sister to prom? That just makes me ill.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)If Waffle Houses seem to be a magnate for racial hatred I am glad I have never seen any in my area. Do they even have any in S. Cal?
Ligyron
(7,636 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)If they do I will boycott it like I have with Walmart.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)It's more of a problem of who might happen to be working at any one particular Waffle House.
And there are no Waffle Houses in Southern California.....furthest west they are found is Arizona, I believe.
Kinda sucks for you. But then again, you don't give us any In and Outs over here, so all's fair and good.
Ligyron
(7,636 posts)We miss that here back East.
For a long time there were no Starbucks or Coors beer either east of the Mississippi. Coors was a hippie, rare cult-like item out here for quite awhile. If you brought some back or a friend did you were golden. The rare Coors was worshiped because I think it had to be kept refrigerated. Of course, once Coors was widely available the fad died out quite a bit and it became like any other beer.
Waffle Houses are a largely southern thing. The food is cheap, fairly good and they get people in and out fast. There are no doubt a lot of bigots working at certain ones like there are anywhere else but I never noticed any institutionalized racism. However, that's just my impression from the few I am familiar with. But I have seen AA's eating or waiting to eat there and everyone was smiling. There were certainly plenty of AA's working there.
Like I say, I doubt racial animus is a corporate policy.
brush
(53,794 posts)and to the public that these incidents must and will stop.
It's a PR 101 no-brainer (see Starbucks' action).
Javaman
(62,531 posts)the "far right" alright.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)gay texan
(2,453 posts)What possible justification do you have choking someone in a prom suit?
christx30
(6,241 posts)Freaked out the employees. And, you know, eating while black.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)n/t
backtoblue
(11,344 posts)He went for the fucking throat! And then to press the kids head on the curb.
Sickening
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)Been fired? He should be,yesterday.
Bettie
(16,111 posts)there should also be a registry of bad cops that is nationwide.
Police culture needs to change, a lot, because this is not even a little bit OK.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)Rage in my heart.
This monster needs to be imprisoned. So do ALL thug coppers. It is manifest abuse of power, oft-times to murderous levels, and with undeniable racist underpinnings.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am sick of these racist, out-of-control cops who think they don't have to abide by the law.
I blame Trump for emboldening people like this and making them think that they can behave this way with no repercussions. This country is getting completely out of control!
mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)it's got to stop. American citizens need to stand up and stop this.
Solly Mack
(90,775 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Anthony Wall, 22, said he was at Waffle House after taking his 16-year-old sister to prom.
He said he and his sister argued with Waffle House employees and the police were called.
Wall did not elaborate on what the argument was about.
It was unclear who called the police other customers at the restaurant or Waffle House employees.
It was also unclear why Wall was choked or slammed by the officer.
The video which features strong language does not show anything before the physical altercation.
But Southerland said that is not how his officers are trained to behave.
Wall was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct for arguing with the Waffle House employees, according to ABC11.
"I wish people would not blow things out of proportion and not let one situation create any additional situations," Southerland said.
The department and District Attorney Ernie Lee are investigating the incident May 5, Southerland said.
Video and article at this link:
http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article210799909.html