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Heather Ellis of Kennett, Mo., has quite a story to tell. It all started nearly three years ago in a local Wal-Mart.

Ellis was shopping in the store with a cousin, and the two temporarily parted ways to find the shortest line. Seeing that the other line was moving faster, Ellis went to get in line with her cousin.

She was accused of cutting the line by a store employee, who then notified the security guard. According to Ellis, she was shoved by another customer, had her items pushed to the side and was shortchanged when she finally checked out. The police affidavit states that Ellis was belligerent, loud, abusive and cursing when she was told to leave the store by the assistant manager.

Ellis’ aunt, Lily Blackmon, received a frantic call from her son and claims that when she arrived, her daughter’s head was being repeatedly banged against the police car as she told officers that she wasn’t resisting arrest. Blackmon, who was a probation officer in the town for 11 years, asked the officers why her niece was getting such rough treatment.

“I said, ‘What is going on?’ And all [the officer] could say was, ‘She cursed,’” said Blackmon.

Ellis was charged with disturbing the peace, trespassing, resisting arrest and two counts of assaulting a police officer. She was then offered a plea deal by Dunklin County Prosecutor Stephen Sokoloff. The prosecutor offered to drop the felony counts to one misdemeanor of disturbing the peace, as long as Ellis signed the plea deal. Her aunt claims that the deal was offered so their family wouldn’t file a lawsuit.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    WHERE IS JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON AT…….GET Y’ALL ASSES DOWN THERE AND HANDLE THAT!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Cursing isn’t a crime… And dont they have camera’s in Wal-Mart and outside I mean where is the video evidence for this, let the viewers decide.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    I just sat down and listened to the entire news report on this and I could not move. I actually felt like crying. This young lady and her family needs help badly on this one. The KKK has already put their bid on it and this is trying to destroy this girls medical career before she can even get started with it. The prosecutor is a white man who is as crooked as the KKK in that town and he is bullying this woman into a confession about something that she did not do. I completely agree with “Where is the parking lot and in store tape?” No one has said anything about that. I am deeply saddened by this report. I am also praying for the family and this young lady intensely. This could happen to any one of us. Racism is still alive. I still can not believe they manhandled her like that. What did beating her head on a police squad car have anything to do with her “cursing” ?!???!!!???
    Seriously!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    Walmart is really starting to look like the 99 cent store to me!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1Divine_soul/ 1Divine_soul

    NO DMY19151, IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON…IT SHOULD BE ABOUT YOUR BLK A.SS GOING DOWN THERE AND MY BLK A.SS AND EVERY OTHER BLK PERSON DOING SOMETHING, ARE YOU CRAZY A.SS HELL MAN…WE CAN BE SO IGNORANT…IF THAT HAPPEN THERE, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AND WE NEED TO START MOUNTING UP ON THESE CLOWNS…AND WE ALSO NEED TO STOP BEING SO DAMMM LOUD, TLKING BOUT OH THIS MY MOUTH, IGNANT A.SS AS A BLACKBERR APPLE PIE!! JUST LIKE IT’S YO MOUTH, YOU CAN GIT STR8 UP CROPPED IN IT…

    WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THESE TWO BLK MEN, WHO WILL ADVOCATE FOR US THEN, AND DAMMMN SHO’ WON’T BE CONDALEZZA RICE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    WTF? That’s why I despise these small town DA’s. Any lil thing a Black person does, these racist azz DA’s take it and run with it. She’s facing more time than criminals that need to be put away. Racism is still alive and well in this country. That go along to get along bs isn’t gonna work. Blacks need to stand up and unite against this disease called racism.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jeffrey1975/ Jeffrey1975

    Everyone that made a comment on this issue is right. Yet we forget that Law enforcement agencies can do anything and dang near get away with it if we (blacks) do not speak up. This includes the judicial system as well. Basically, these are the last two entities that is an an anglo controlled system in this country. Once that barrier is torn down, this will truly move from a white man’s destiny. Don’t know what I’m talkin about, look it up as to who America was developed for.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    Didnt some kracka azz kops jus slam one of our elderly sistas who was 87 years old at a walmart in ohio

    Wen will we realize we out number thses peckerwoods and start fightn back. This kkkrooked kkkracka kkkop must b delt wit quickly

    Blackpowercartel.com

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    I have to partially agree with 1divine_soul on this one..We need to stop being so loud, disrespectful and in cases “ghetto acting”..This type of behavior gives these cops the excuse to mishandle us and we know how it goes, as soon as they use words like belligerent and loud in reports, you are going to be automatically labeled guilty in the court of public opinion. The fact is, we have marched, protested, prayed in, sat in, for almost 60yrs against this behavior and it obviously isn’t working. Anyone ever stop and think why this doesn’t happen to other groups with the same frequency as it does with us? Only when that question can adequately answered, can we solve this problem.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Floridanigg84/ Floridanigg84

    WTF A WOMEN CAN FACE 15 YEARS FOR CUTTING SOMEONE IN LINE AT FCKING WAL MART BUT PEOPLE SITTING HERE GOIN PUBLIC AND MAKING DEATH THREATS TOWARDS OUR PRESIDENT AND NOTHING HAPPENS TO THEM SMH…WAT KINDA WORLD WE LIVE IN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/caramel_dyme_2nv/ caramel_dyme_2nv

    thats right,,no one is ever guity,,,so why do we even have laws

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    The headline is inaccurate! Heather Ellis was loud and belligerent in the store, and that’s why she’s in trouble with the law. Cutting in line is not illegal alone. It was her reaction that got her azz caught with a case. She’s not facing 15 years for BEING a black woman. She’s facing prison time for ACTING like a NICCA…(LOL). It’s sounds like the story is incomplete. I bet the woman did a lot more than what this clearly biased article is leading us to believe.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SirMoonlite2/ SirMoonlite2

    LastManStandingTall, _A_…well though out commentary!!! I notice the style of the these posting, here @ News-One…they are goat getter’s….You know…Trying to pi55 you off…make you want to reach for that 9mm (that cheap non dependable Bryco/Hi-Power sh1t)..They never tell the rest of the story (just half a55 it, niggas are dumb. They can not comprehend) So your mad!!! Got problem with Wal-mart, don’t go there (for the rest of your life)money is POWER!…Don’t believe it…Look who you vote for (I give you grants and more funding for welfare programs)and bingo bango! You just gave someone power over you….over free money!!! Money talks and command respect, learn from the Asian Americans…you do act right with me…FUK IT, I make Costco!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_FACE/ MR_FACE

    wow, whats next niggas going jail for j-walkin

    black peeps wake up but yall so gone on ur drugs(coke,wet,lean,crack and anything else yall niggas can do like a white person no bondaries, try anything once azz niggas can die in my book) yall proud to stay sleep(smh)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_FACE/ MR_FACE

    oh and another thing police say u act disorderly so they can cover up the foul s**t they do and if u know u didnt do anything wrong then someone tries to tell u, u are then that would make somene upset goin to jail for no reason cuz i been there plenty of times myself and they thru out the case and stuck me wit a disorderly so u cant sue there azz

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    [quote]
    “Ellis was charged with disturbing the peace, trespassing, resisting arrest and two counts of assaulting a police officer.”
    ______________________________________________

    hmm….well thats her own fault. be kool when police around or you may get pepper-sprayed, tazed, shot, or just beat the f**k up.

    [quote]
    “The prosecutor offered to drop the felony counts to one misdemeanor of disturbing the peace, as long as Ellis signed the plea deal. Her aunt claims that the deal was offered so their family wouldn’t file a lawsuit.”
    _________________________________

    pretty much….. if she takes the deal she cant sue!!!

    she should have played it cool when the security guard and/or manager showed up….most places not trying to lose customers(money) over some bulls**t so she would have been okay. coulda got a hookup!!

    ALSO she should have stayed cool when the police came cuz that affidavit makes it sound like she was drunk and rowdy or sumthin but most stores have cameras all over the place so she coulda used that in her defense…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    I agree with LastManStandingTall, 1DivineSoul * _A_.. She was WRONG with her Ghetto @$$!! It’s clear that it’s NOT about her ‘Cutting the Line’, nor is it about her ‘Skin Color’ (no cause for intervention by the Sharpton & Jackson Law Firm). She was I-G-N-I-T, Common & Ghetto and got what she deserved! I HATE people like that with an unbridled passion! I know a so-called Woman back home in New Orleans who sounds EXACTLY like what this article describes, ‘Down to the T’, if you will. People like that should be castrated/spayed/neautered to prevent an unlawful spawning of their tainted DNA upon civilization!! (I mean that in the nicest possible way) lol ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    MR_FACE !!

    hell yeah police DO be lyin like a mofo !!!

    BUT the burden is on the court to PROOVE that s**t !!

    if the Judge believes the police instead of you, (without proof) just on hearsay…. thats violation of your rights since they all work for the state. its not fair and impartial judgement, yadda yadda….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    *neutered
    Sorry for yet another typo. (in a hurry) lol ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    I see this HAPPENING a lot of times? It’s wrong, being I have to WAIT but I guess some folk’s are in a hurry and/or too good to wait? I’d father give up a few more minutes than go through drama/trama!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shamel_/ Shamel_

    WOW!!! There has to be a LOT more to this story. Furthermore, there should be some kind of surveillance cameras and footage to coincide with the allegations. After all this is Wal-mart we are speaking of. I anticipate we will hear more about this. Until them I will not form any judgement either way…with that said I’ll remain indifferent!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tried-N-True/ Tried-N-True

    (((((WOW))))) Some of you people are entirely off point. I have been on the end of someone stepping in front of me because the person they were shopping with was next up at the counter. I have seen all shades of people SAVE a space in line for their shopping partner and I, myself had no qualms about the person stepping in front of me. Now, if the situation were different and someone just happened to see another person they knew, such a move would be deemed to be negative…

    Make note that she was reported by an EMPLOYEE and not the other customers which we could conclude it was ok with same customers and trouble did not start until the manger incited the incident. As for the charges: Police always CONTRIVE added charges in order to justify their actions—in this case slamming her head against the car etc. If I were she, I too would not plea and would fight the charges—Now if they want to give her 15 years, that in and of itself is an injustice. All of this is just another form of rairoading Blacks/minorities because they are the ones who are least likely to afford quality representation. Apparently many of you are blind as to the injustice of the justice system and how there is an inequity in the application of the law, from the police on up to the judges.

    Be careful as to how you demonize this woman because one day it may happen to you, a family member or someone you know….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    I then when it comes to the police whites only have freedom of speech. Secondly instead of showing them the kkk cards why didnt police reevaluate the situation and put a protection order on her. Third i hope she sues the living crap out of walmart and owns the entire enterprise.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ER-I-CA/ ER-I-CA

    Wow this is crazy, they really need to provide some video evidence or something, or this case should go out the window. its ridiculous how white people act sometimes, i’ve been in the same situation before, i got accuse of stealing clothes from Hollister when i had just bought $130 worht of stuff and even had the receipt to prove it, it was because i was the only black girl in there! i swear people are crazy yo fo real.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sexxgirl2011/ Sexxgirl2011

    WHAT THE F**K??????? This is stright up racism they are trying to f**k up the life of a innocent woman just because she is black. When they couldn’t treat her like an uneducated n****r;they are trying to punshish her because she fighting their leagal oppression. Racist can’t lyich in public anymore so they do it now through the court of law.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    DAMN THIS SH*T IS CRAZY AND WHEN DID IT BECOME A LAW OF NO PASSING INLINE IN WALMART AND HOW DID SHE GET A CHARGE OF TRESPASSING? AND WHAT THE FU*K 15 YEARS…SH*T SHE SHOULD HAVE BEAT SOME A$$ OR SOMETHING…THEY ARE CRAZY-HELL SOME PEOPLE DONT EVEN GET THAT FOR KILLING SOMEONE ELSE. MAYBE FOR DRUGS BUT,NOT NO LAME AS SH*T LIKE THEY ARE TALKING. I HOPE SHE SUE THEY A$$ AND NOT TAKE THE DEAL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/yetistillrise/ yetistillrise

    Still think white folks y’all friends? Think again! The “Just-Us” (White Folks) System, and cops are the new KKK undercover. I have first hand experience with these devils. Read my story: http://www.screwedcentral.com/ubb/Forum28/HTML/000029.html

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/yetistillrise/ yetistillrise

    And the white folks that’s smiling in your face the most, are the most dangerous ones! WATCH YOUR BACK, FRONT, AND SIDES Y’ALL!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pretty-cp/ pretty-cp

    No matter how she acted unless she had a weapon of some sort there is no way she should be facing 15 years in jail. On another note it saddens me to hear some of the comments coming from our people on this subject, especially from the males. When some little boys down in Jena got the fighting and were faced with injustice you were ready to back them. We all were men and women. However, now that there is a black WOMAN in the cross fire you want to blame her. That is the problem with our community nowadays, black women are supporting and backing the males but not vice versa. Shame! Let’s do better and work together. Every other race has their men backing them when trouble arise, so please do the same for yours. Let’s not let this go under the bus. To God Be The Glory.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pretty-cp/ pretty-cp

    To the first commenter I agree and understand what you were trying to say, by where is Jackson and Sharpton? Let’s see if we will hear this mention on our black radio stations: Warren Valentine, Micheal Baisden, Steve Harvey and get the attention that it should. I know Tom Joyner will, he is an advocate for all blacks male and female. To God Be The Glory.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nikkius/ nikkius

    I live near kennett and believe me this sounds about right. The police tried to arrest me for vagrancy cause I was walking to work without any ID. If my Aunt wasn’t a police officer I would have been in big trouble. I asked for his badge number and he threatened to run me in for resisting arrest. You can’t say amything to cop around here if you African American cause they can carry a grudge. I had to find another job because they started harrassing me everytime I walked to work and they would pull over any car they saw me in going to work. They even walked up on me at work and tried to say I was trespassing cause I was waiting on my ride out of uniform. I once lived in Indiana and watched the KKK have a parade but the racism down hear in the boothill of Missouri is beyond anything I have ever expercienced in my life. By the way there are no black radio stations for hundreds of miles and I live about 15 minutes away from kennett and this story didn’t even appear in our local papers. My heart goes out to her and my prayers will be with her. She better call Mann he the best Lawyer around here and he use to be a judge so he can can talk to the good old boys and make them see Reason.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Caveman1816/ Caveman1816

    lets get this straight, she was charged with disturbing the peace, trespassing, resisting arrest and two counts of assaulting a police officer. She is facng 15 years for that, not for cutting in line at Wal-mart. Your misleading headlines are just asking for fools to write the most assanine responses (please see yetistillrise).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    This is definitely not an issue about a time and a place to shut your mouth. When did freedom of speech say anything to Americans about doing that. The young lady was not actually being verbally abusive as much as she was placed in an uncompromising situation, whereby her form of speech (cursing),just as many of us often do when we are so afraid and disoriented, can’t find the words to say something using a “Pretty” vocabulary. There are quite a lot of bad police officers in our society today. Unfortunately for this young black woman, she was introduced to him by the beating he did to her by means of assault to her. This officer of the law, whom we as citizens put our trust and faith in to serve our communities and to protect us, is the main ones that are hurting us right in our own back doors. What did this young lady have to do exactly? Kiss his feet and talk softly and sexily to this white officer to convince him to listen to him? To respect him? To believe her version of the story? As simple as I can put it on the topic of “just” the officer issue in this story, He definitely qualifies for anger management and a strong control issue meltdown assessment before he is put off of the police force. This officer is the seed that has been planted a particularly bad seed in representation for not only police but also to that city overall. Wake up America. We no longer need other countries to beat the hell out of us. We,as American’s are beating and killing our own people very well…ALL on our own.
    We are allowing people who have murdered, raped, and assaulted out of prison. Hell! We even place these people on probation.
    Wake up America! This is not the way to exemplify justice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nikkius/ nikkius

    For all those comments who claim that she was probably acting “Ghetto” please be for real ain’t enough ghetto in the world too deserve that kind of treatment from the police. This is a case of abuse of power period. As for the tapes walmart in kennett claims they don’t have parking lot cameras as they are nonessetial right now but this incident took place 3 years ago according to the article. The police have charged people with resisiting arrest in the local area for crying and one guy was actually charged with resisiting and assult on an officer while having a seizure which he is currently suing for.
    For the person who made the comment that African americans are more likely to have these kinds of problems with the authorities. This is true but the way the police handle it is diffrent with african americans because they know they are more likely to get away with treating blacks abusively. My personal experience has shown me that. My best friend cursed an officer out, refused to show him the items in her bag, and knocked his hand down when he attempted to take her bag from her shoulder but I am sure that her platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, and lily white skin didn’t have nothing to do with the fact that he let her go with a warning about her attitude. GET REAL. Just because there is a black president don’t mean that rascim is not alive and kicking. There is even a study that show that Black women stress about race and racism so much that it puts them in danger of having low birth wieght and premature babies even among middle class educated women with excellent healthcare before after and during pregnancy. Not only are they affecting our minds they are breakingdown our bodies and causeing health problems for genrations to come. For anyone who want so check out the research check out CBS. It is time we as black people learn the truth and arm ourselves and our children with knowledge so that they may prepare themselves to deal with the reality of life in America.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I JUST HAD TO COME BACK AND SAY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT-IF YOU DON’T SPEAK UP-FOR YOURSELF,BE LOUD,NOR TALK BACK WHEN THE POLICE,STORE OWNERS OR ANYONE ELSE FU*K WITH YOU IS FULL OF SH*T AND IT DO NOT AND I REPEAT IT DO NOT MATTER-IF YOUR NICE OR YOU HANDLE IT IN A RESPECTFUL WAY THE POLICE WILL STILL COME AT YOU LIKE YOU DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN THROW BULLSH*T A$$ CHARGES AT YOU AND JUSTIFY IT AS YOU WAS LOUD,CURSED,DISTURBING THE PEACE,RESISTING ARREST,AND GET A MAGISTRATE OR JUDGE TO GIVE YOUR A$$ A HIGH BOND AND ITS NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU DID ALL THE ABOVE BUT,BECAUSE YOU ARE BLACK AND THE POLICE THINK THEY GOT THE RIGHT TO TREAT AND TALK TO YOU ANY OLE KIND AWAY. I HADN’T NEVER BEEN TO JAIL BEFORE IN MYLIFE UNTIL,I RENTED A CAR AND 2DAY’S AFTER I RENTED IT-MY A$$ WAS PULLED OVER AS IF I KILLED SOMEBODY AND WAS TREATED LIKE SH*T GOT A BOND FOR $9,OOO.OO AND NOTICE I SAID,I HADN’T NEVER BEEN ON THE INSIDE OF A POLICE CAR MUST LAST A JAIL CELL AND FOR WHAT REASON-BECAUSE I WAS BLACK AND MADED THE MISTAKE OF RENTING A CAR FROM A PLACE WHO DIDN’T LIKE THE COLOR OF MY SKIN AND YES THEY GOT MY MONEY FOR THE CAR UP FRONT AND KNEW I WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN AND WHEN I WAS COMING BACK,HAD EVERYTHING ABOUT ME BUT,YET FILED THE CHARGE-INWHICH LATER WAS DROPPED AND THEY WAS CLOSED DOWN BUT,STILL IT HAPPEN AND FU*KED MY NAME UP. AFTER THAT-WHEN I LEAVE OUT IN MY CAR THE POLICE SIT AND WATCH ME & EVERYTIME I LOOK UP HERE THEY COME SAME OLE SH*T JUST ANOTHER DAY…I FILED CHARGES AND THEY TRIED TO STICK ME,WITH THAT PLEA DEAL BULLSH*T AND WHEN THEY REALIZED IM NOT THAT DUMB IGNORANT BLACK PERSON-WHO WOULD JUST SIT AND TAKE THEY BULLSH*T,THE COPS LEFT THE FORCE AND I MOVED ON. POINT IS THEY WILL ALWAYS PLAY THAT RESISTING AND DELAY OF A POLICE OFFICER…BULLSH*T IF YOU LET THEM AND YOU NEED TO BE LOUD SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN TURN AND WATCH CLOSER TO WHAT THE OWNERS AND POLICE ARE DOING TO YOU-BECAUSE WE KNOW 9 OUT OF 10 THE JUDGE WILL BELIEVE THE POLICE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    AND ONE MORE THING WHY WAS SHE CHARGED,WITH TRESPASSING? CHARGES FOR TRESPASSING CAN ONLY BE ADDED IF-SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN TRESPASSED,BEFORE THIS HAPPEN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/marcus_james36/ marcus_james36

    In the end, Heather Ellis received a conviction on her criminal record. She should’ve filed a lawsuit and sued the city’s pants off. Police officers have to be policed themselves. If the city won’t do it, the community has to do it.

    We had a case in Des Moines involving a young woman, her boyfriend and a fracas outside a nightclub. The woman just watched her boyfriend (at the time) get hit with a nightstick. He went into a seizure inside the paddywagon. She came to my side and gave me information on what happened. She asked for my pen. I gave it to her. She wrote down her phone number because she needed a witness. An officer grabbed her wrist, dropping the pen, and said that she assaulted him. She was thrown against the wall and handcuffed.

    Two months later, I testified in court to what I saw. Basically, all the charges were dropped.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Caveman1816/ Caveman1816

    Triash, you sound like such an angry sngle black woman!! Know the laws, once a person is ordered to leave a private institution and she refuses, she can be charged with traspassing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/egrant001/ egrant001

    We must become aware of Walmart, for this establishment is racis. It is a known fact, they train their employee to watch only black shoppers. Whites can shoplift all they want, because their employee are instructed to watch the black shoppers only. Walmart is not our friend…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    If u don’t like it …. Don’t cut line , don’t shop at walmart ….
    Conduct yourself in a grown and mature manner and this never happens….
    I’ve acted a fool n the past , and same happen to me!
    Ur freedom of speech is out the door when u slander and curse !!! Ask urself
    , would u act that way n church if someone sat in ur spot ?
    What I thought ….. As for fifteen years? (she’ll never serve a day ! U don’t believe me ,
    keep up with it……) I would b super shocked if u ever here another word about it.
    Put it n a whole new light huh ….. How u act, is how u r treated ….
    Much love for all goodhearted and great people n this world …. U act a fool? U deserve
    to b treated as a FOOL !!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    To egrant001….. Lol …. Walmart is racist ? Wow!!!!!! That’s hilarious !!!
    Next time u r n walmart , count the employees black to white ratio? Btr yet, picket
    ur local walmart , and say what u said on here …. Ur funny!!! And ur peers would agree with
    me …….. Ur hilarious !!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    Anyone remember Dave chappelles “when keeping it real goes wrong?”…
    this wasn’t the time to KEEP IT REAL …..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    I am so sorry to interrupt your claim that an eye for an eye is justifiable. But therealwill, you are so far from reality on this one. Maybe you should go back and re-read the news report and click on the “READ MORE” tab to actually see the video. You might also retract your thoughts and comments if YOU or YOUR MOTHER or YOUR DAUGHTER were in the same position.
    No one, and I mean NO-ONE has the right to crush a woman or a man’s head for that matter into a car and beat it down because they cursed at you or if she actually HAD cut the line. The young lady, according to the article states that her little cousin was already in the line..she came from another line to join him because he was actually up to the register to have the items checked out. Regardless however, this is far too much justice to agree with brutality upon a citizen just because you hold a badge. The woman had her two bar hands for God’s sake..not a gun or a knife.
    You really can not be serious about that “Act like a fool ..get treated like a fool ” mentality..can you ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    Typo..
    Her two BARE hands were not holding any weapons…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    CAVEMAN1816-IM NOT ANGRY AND I WAS UPSET AND PISSED OFF,WHEN I WENT THREW WHAT I DID AND NOW THAT-MY JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED,IM HAPPY WITH THE OUT COME. AND MAYBE IN YOUR TOWN TRESPASSING CAN BE BROUGHT UP,IF A PERSON IS ASK TO LEAVE THE STORE OR WHERE-EVER AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO LEAVE FAST ENOUGH,IN MY TOWN THEY CAN NOT CHARGE THEM WITH TRESPASSING,UNLESS THEY LEAVE AND COME BACK. ON TOP OF THAT IT WAS NOT PRIVATE-IT WAS A PUBLIC PLACE,WAL-MART AND NOWHERE DID I SEE SHE REFUSED TO LEAVE,WHEN ASKED. SO THEREFOR-TRESPASSING,WANT STAND AND LAWSUIT WON…CASE CLOSED-IF NOT DONE OUT OF COURT. AND BY THE WAY YOU SOUND LIKE THE ONE WHO IS ANGRY AND DON’T KNOW YOUR RIGHTS NOR THE LAW.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    If this is all true ? Where the witnesses? Hummm….
    No it nvr would justify beating anyone….. Yes I know there are racist cops….
    But in the end , why curse and act a fool n walmart or anywhere?
    What did it solve ? If it’d been me actin a fool , same would have happen
    to me ….. She shoulda ask to see a manager , and if that didn’t work out, get names call
    corporate , finally , screw that walmart , shop somewhere else….
    I’m sure we both agree with these methods …missstrings43 ?
    ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    EGRANT001 AND YOU ARE ALSO RIGHT AND DEAD ON IT AND ITS NOT JUST WAL-MART IT EVERY PLACE YOU GO THE BLACK PERSON IS WATCHED LIKE A DOG. AND TO TRY AND KEEP YOU HAPPY FOR MISTAKEN YOU AS A THEFT-GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD AND IM SORRY-I DO APOLOGIZE. WHICH IS REALLY BULLSH*T AND MISSSTRINGS43-I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    THEREALWILL…I, as well accept your apology about what you posted earlier, even if you actually did not say that you were a little off base with your complete scenario. I am not certain that if you had done the same thing in that particular city, that you would have had your head cracked or beat up against a police car by a white police officer because of the fact that it first,was a predominantly white town in population and second, the KKK run this town love if you read in between the lines within the news report as well as after reading to comprehend the actual contents of the article in its entirety. There, whether or not you as a white man in this town simply being pat on your back and walked out calmly by the police or NOT..is another issue. Fact of the matter is and I will simply put…it is and was an unsuitable and unjust action on the behalf of the young lady NOT being a WILD ANIMAL or BEAST! And………………
    The Walmart manager WAS called over to the register and was the actual person who called the police. So please tell me before you respond to me again…….that YOU have actually sat down and listened to the entire video report on Fox News.

    And one more thing..thanks TRISHA_369..girlfriend great strong black sister’s minds’ DO think alike. Much love to you. Strings43

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    Violence is nvr the answer…. And racism does exist…. But u go about things different and level headed
    things tend to work out ….. KARMA ….
    I’ve worked with many racist people , I don’t agree or condone their ignorance!!! I don’t mind debating this subject with
    intolegence….. The world is far from perfect…. We see many injustice everyday…
    Sometimes reading between the lines and what the media presents makes us all ignorant …..
    I’m fair and goodhearted …. U have a blessed day …. And stay outa that town! (lol)
    screw that hillbilly walmart …. Make phone calls, power of people does work….
    U have to put forth the effort ….. Vote, vote, vote !!! Make ur voice heard, not just on bp?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mastermind_919/ Mastermind_919

    I believe we should respect authority, however, this isn’t Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany, yet. Once authority crosses the line, people have a right to defend themselves. As I understand this article, and the fact that the state wants to drop all the charges by disturbing the peace which means the assaulting a police officer probably didn’t happen, or they would have kept the resisting arrest, the cops crossed the line the second they put their hands on a citizen. It reminds me of Dr. Gates. These cops hate when their authority is challenged in word, and they proceed to use force because often the words that are being said can’t be argued. How much less likely are authorities to sit back and debate this situations with a citizen in a country with a history of these officers dawning the sheets and pulling out the rope? What remains interesting about this case is two things, one the cops didn’t offer up charges, the State did which means after the heat of the moment an “objective” third party not in the situation said I want 20% of her life. The second thing that really stands out here is the daughter’s head being smashed repeatedly against a window. What does it take to cuff a woman and place her in the back of a car? Nothing. “Smashing” her head against a window was punitive for her “disrespect” for the badge. What is so hard for these “peace officers” to understand, they get no respect because they bash womens’ heads into windows? They get no respect because the side of the cars say service and protect while historically they are the first to lynch a brother. Police officers have work to do to EARN the respect of the people they are supposed to be protecting because their track record has only earned them distrust and disrespect.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/samsthewon/ samsthewon

    It’s more often than not,that we hear of stories like this.This whole situation could’ve possibly been avoided.If she’d have just stayed in the line she was in.I know sometimes we all don’t feel like waiting.Then again that’s just part of life.First and fore-most we have to come to the REALIZATION…that we live in the “DIVIDED STATES of AMERICA” Cause I certainly can’t seem to find to much of anything “UNITED” about it.But then again I wouldn’t expect anything less from a country founded on “RACISM”…Christopher Columbus,my A$$!…He was double parked when he got here…cause the “INDIAN’S” were already here kickin’it!!!…Oh ya’ don’t think for a minute that,just because we’ve got a President with some Black in him…that Racism is now (ERASED-ISM).Especially due to the fact that he probably get’s more Death Threat’s,in a day than all the other past President’s,combined.The length of all their term’s!!!

  • http://culturalquandaries.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/black-woman-in-kennet-mo-faces-15-years-in-prison-for-cutting-in-line/ Black Woman in Kennet, Mo. Faces 15 years in Prison for Cutting in Line « Cultural Quandaries
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaMeLaH30/ KaMeLaH30

    I feel ya trisha and therealwill dude ru white? my pc screen is f***d up an i cant see faces but based on your comments you sound like a wht man or a uncle tom, one of the 2…lol…i thought this was bp but anyway if i got my head bashed into a window everytime i spoke my mind about somethin then id get f***d up EVERYDAY. Im not gonna go to another Walmart just because the one i usually go to is racists and ignorant and I shouldnt have to. Why should i have to go out of my way, waste my gas and my time going further away just to avoid confrontation and besides being black in america is a daily confrontation in my eyes. Whether its a Walmart in the hood or the burbs I encounter racism no matter what so if its gonna happen either way why inconvenience myself? I believe in respecting authority but when you abuse your authority you dont deserve respect. I was always taught as a child to respect others but as an adult ive learned that you respect those who respect you. And since when is speaking your mind disrespectful? I encountered that idiocracy plenty of times in the work place. When white people speak their mind then their being assertive but when a black person speaks their mind then their being insubordinate. That philosophy never worked well with me and thats why Im self employed. My husband and I always stand in 2 lines at the store and whichever one of us gets to the register first is where we end up togethor. If this is considered skipping or cutting the line then im guilty and I really dont care but going to jail for it is ridiculous. The police in that town obviously have nothing better to do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAMELOTSKING03/ CAMELOTSKING03

    IS THIS FOR CUTTING IN LINE OR CUTTING SOMEONE WHO WAS IN LINE. LIKE THE CUSTOMER WHO TOOK IT UPON THEMSELF TO PUSH HER. WHO WOULDN’T BE BELLIGERENT AFTER BEING HANDLE IN SUCH A MANNER BY THE POLICE. WHAT HAPPEN TO THE CUSTOMER WHO PUSHED HER.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/coloured1/ coloured1

    These types of stories happen everyday and are becoming more increasingly prevalent. We need an Attorney General and a President with backbone to make a change. Someone needs to go through all the cases with the key tags “resisting arrest” and “assault on a peace officer”, these tags are usually for bulls**t cases. We bypassed an opportunity for exposure and dialogue of racist cop actions when Professor Gates was arrested in his home. This couldve been a time for change and a landmark case/victory. Instead we had a “teacheable moment” (Beer at the whitehouse and a cover up/swept under the rug situation. One day the black voice will not be silent. One day someone in power will really weild their power to make change. Until that time we are going to continue to go to court over racist bulls**t situations in which we are always labeled loud. belligerent and obstructive. When most of the time we do nothing wrong except fail to yield to any actions of white people. I have had a similiar experience which ended up with pleas and deals and me paying money for nothing. I just pray that one day we will have someone in a position of power to have the courage to say “enough” and take a real stand. The Department of Justice should go back and review these keytag cases in every state. They will be suprised at the number of BS cases and the extraordinary waste of tax dollars used to jail, imprison (control) persons of color. Its a damn shame to send someone to jail or prison for alleged “cutting line” at a walmart. We need leadership and I am sorry to say but we have no leadership. We now have black (uncle toms?) who are unwilling to deal with the truth and will cover up rather than expose racist for who they are.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    Mastermind, you are indeed correct about every single word in which you have presented here. Stepping aside of the emotional abstract of the overall exertion of power for power logic and theory. An eye for an eye if you will. She cursed me and she hurt my feelings …so…I’m going to whip her. Slave man mentality. Are we still there. God help us all. This time however, just viewing some of the comments which have been posted under this headline, there will NEVER be another “White” America. I don’t even see the Latinos sitting down on this one.
    God bless our country.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nelsonpt22/ nelsonpt22

    Coooooooooooooooome on… this story doens’t smell like a pile of crap to anybody else? No doubt some bulls**t happens out there with some redneck aholes and some ghetto mo’ fo’s… but come on, you REALLY think this lady was just hangin’ out, took her ‘short change’ and pleasantly walked out? She should have insisted on seein’ the General Manager and put the employee who treated her like that in check. Instead, she acted like an idiot, creatin’ chaos, and probably got what she deserved…..Same thing should have happened to a loud mouthed white/brown/red/yellow/blue person. Don’t buy into the hype people!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ThaFuturehasarrived/ ThaFuturehasarrived

    to nelsonpt22 wat you just said was stupid nobody deserves 15 years for speaking their mind. short changed or no short changed nobody should have to take that from nobody. if this was you, you would want ppl to do whats right so stop judging and put yourself in her shoes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaMeLaH30/ KaMeLaH30

    The fact of the matter is racism goes on all over this country and you can take it sitting down or standing up. Rosa Parks took it sitting down and changed history while Obama took it standing up and did the same. Whether your acting like a idiot or acting “ghetto” (whatever that means), loud or beligerant, you are suppose to be innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, not proven guilty in a Walmart parking lot. Its not ok to issue street justice just because you have a badge.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/toodelicious4u/ toodelicious4u

    I aint a big fan of Kanye West right now but, he couldn’t have put it in better words when he stated in one of his previous songs ( racism still alive, they just be concealing it!) When it all falls down…………

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    KaMeLaH30…….. Wow!!!!! U sure showed me…. Fact is , I am white, wasn’t aware this sight was
    for only certain people …. Uknow ur comment !!!
    So u realllllllllllllllllly showed your intelligence…. And get a new computer if color seems to matter so much!!!
    Wow!!! Cuz I’m white I can’t comment? Hey kamelah30 , go bck to the stone age…..cuz that’s where your intelligence is…..
    For the rest of the intelligent bp family may we debate on ….. Nelsonpt22 I agree with u …. I said almost exactly what u said
    in an earlier post ……. Maybe kamelah30 will think ur an uncle Tom too…..?

    Lol !!!! And kamelah30… U get n one line and stay there !!!! There ain’t
    standing n 2 lines till which is the best or goes faster u move too!!!! R u seriously that F’d
    up !!!! I’m sorry but I don’t think using your “BLACKNESS” worked cuz I’m white….
    I’m sure many bp family is kinda embarrassed by ur comments ….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/starrwalker/ starrwalker

    All too often black folks always jump straight to racism, the way this woman behaved was uncalled for. If you are in line at walmart you aren’t going to be happy if someone, regardless of race, jumps in line in front of you. We all got places to go and if you can’t wait in line they have self check out lanes…utilize them, that’s what they’re there for.

    Racism isn’t going to fade away if we black folks practice racism as well. In any situation being the bigger, better person is the best bet. If she would have said she was wrong and moved to the rear of the line where she should have been initially, she wouldn’t have a story to tell. She now wants to use racism as her defense for her being rude and getting treated with the same disrespect she treated those she cut in front of.

    Black folks out in the street acting uncivilized is exactly why white people assume we’re uncivilized. Act like a lady, be treated like a lady. Nothing makes racist white people feel dumber than when they realize their judgment of you is wrong when you show them that you aren’t as trifling as they think you are, but when you’re disregarding laws and being uncourteous, what do you expect?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    Ok … We all agree bashn her head is wrong and we do not condone this …..
    But r we condoning cutting line, acting a fool after being caught cutting , cursing and slandering a walmart
    employee and a cop (that r just trying to do their job , which r both very thankless jobs)
    would you act this way at church , if someone sat in your spot ?????? (oh go ahead, think about it , if u really need to think?)
    Kinda puts things in perspective ….. Racism suks and is alive in white,black,Chinese,Latino, etc….
    But everytime sumthn happens, is it racism just bcuz they r black, white, Chinese, Latino ,etc …..
    Can it b , the particular person acted a fool, broke the law, was just flat in the wrong ?
    If u woulda been walmart employee, u wouldn’t let someone curse u for telling them they cut line!
    U woulda wanted that person outa the store !!!! Keep it real ……..
    Let’s b intelligent on this one….. Not condoning the head bashing from cop… But u cut me n line and curse me ?
    U btr hope Jesus holds me back …..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/therealwill/ therealwill

    Starwalker ….. U are awesome !!!!
    Anyone , anyone , (white, black, Chinese, Latino,etc …) should act civilized !!!
    It’s not about race , color , crede, gender….
    Act civilized !!!!!!! You’ll see doors open when you act civilized …
    Like I said , act like you would if you was at church …..
    Don’t cheat, cut, steal, etc…. And be mad when you get caught ? WTF…
    Starwalker , great post …… ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    This is utterly bogus~ I’ve done this several times~ Spilt and see whose line is moving faster~ than you join your party in the faster moving line~How is this line jumping? How is she facing FELONY CHARGES over this? How can people not think race is a MAJOR factor when the klan has now involvoed themselves?

    This is Horrid~

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mamacita101/ Mamacita101

    Do we REALLY know what happened? Did any of us see this woman behaving in this manner with our two eyes? Are we eye-witnesses? NO! So before condemning this woman because of her so-called actions, we need to think about what may have really happened. I used to work for the Wal-Mart company and I know for a FACT, not opinion or rumor, that the managers AND other employees will lie! I also know that the managers will side with white customers a lot faster than they will for any other race. I KNOW this because I have WITNESSED this and EXPERIENCED this!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsKelly33/ MsKelly33

    This is just ridiculous. Come now she’s arrested for something so meaningless. What is the world really coming to.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sketch-of-Bmore/ Sketch-of-Bmore

    Nobody knows what really happened but damn 15 years is a little too much.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/evolution_824/ evolution_824

    Wow did she stab someone? Did she try and rob the place? WTH? Seriously, when I saw the caption I knew they were black. That’s a shame. Only she and the people who were there really know what happened but since she’s not being accused of murder or robbery, does the punishment really fit the supposed crime of cusring? Fifteen years is STEEP. In hindsight, I’ll bet she wishes she had just left when asked initially.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    Evolution, of course they were black, otherwise this moronic (yet enticing) website wouldn’t have published it. Stupid black racists.

    BTW she wasn’t arrested for cutting in line at wal-mart… talk about propaganda.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SEXY-N-HEAVENLY/ SEXY-N-HEAVENLY

    THIS STORY IS SO FULL OF SHYT….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Refreshingone/ Refreshingone

    So she was told to sigh a deal so she wouldnt sue? The deal was bogus and she has the right to sue and should!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Refreshingone/ Refreshingone

    In this country we have the right to freedom of speech she exercised that right and cussed everyone out! America needs to stop the insanity! Instead of going after a wal-mart shopper for cutting a line why not go after Bush/Cheney for war crimes. They did more damage using federal tax dollars and claim excuative peiviledge.
    Come on racist go after your own who do far worse then cutting a line

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jlynnd/ Jlynnd

    Did somebody really just compare this girl/situation to Rosa Parks/Obama???? Did I really just read that?????? Apparently hip-hop AND intelligence is dead.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GiGi_Ambition/ GiGi_Ambition

    EXCUSE THE HECK OUT OF ME!!! lets connect some dots here this goes out to the IGNORANT posters STarrwalker and therealwill.. and thanks to Mamacita! Listen we all do things that others may not like. In this situation yes the VICTIM was African American with a brain a life and feelings.. not an animal. She and a family memember did what we all do at sometimes or someone in our family has done. Do you really think that two wrongs make a right? Who made a stink about it? Who called the security? Who took her money as payback for those who were in the line and were “cut in front of?” who could only muster up the answer that she “cussed” and beat her head on the car? now facing anytime in jail do you think because she got upset as well that she should be delt with like that? I DONT THINK SO !! and it doesn’t matter the race we are all human. If they didn’t like it oh well I am sure they all did things that others didn’t like do you see us call the police if one of them cuts us off on the road? No we don’t because that is aggressive driving. She had the right to “go off” she should sue!! and you ma’am should shut the hell up and look deep into the story! You just put down your own kind publicly you should feel stupid!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrystalCry/ CrystalCry

    Walmart?!? The MOST un-ethical, WEALTHIEST company n the USA getin mad cuz someone cut da line? WTF IS DAT ABOUT? But I walk dwn aisles n see chicken n the shoes dept, people stealin car seats, and molded ass meat/fruit n their produce section!!
    I kno where she comin from, I’d have a hell storm comin out of my mouth too if some 16yr ol stepped to me callin fake ass security…SUE DEM B***HES!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/daygosfinest619/ daygosfinest619

    Ok people come on!!!! Everything is not about racisim. Those people out there that everytime something happens scream racisim are the ones that are in a sense keeping it going. I work at walmart and i see ignorant ghetto ass people in there everyday. And wen i say ignorant and ghetto im not refering to black people im refering to every race. I would be mad as hell if i just stood in the line for how ever long and den someone cut in front of me too. And im sure the customer complained to the associate and the associate had to say something. So i dont blame the associate for saying something to her. She should have. The lady should have waited her turn. And since i wasent there i dont know what happened but im sure she did get loud and aggresive with the associate. I see it all the time at work. So damn right she should have calles the security guard. So to this person under me…. Not that i love wal mart or nuthin but.. right is right. And what happened to that lady is her own fault. Not wal marts.. People need to own up for there own decisions and stop tryin to blame stuff on racisim and other people all the time. Hell i wish my managers would kick more people out of the stores then what they do. That would make my day a whole lot easier. lol:)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lovelylin09/ lovelylin09

    it didn’t have to go that far

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/New1_opinion/ New1_opinion

    to daygosfinest 619…I totally agree that everything that happens in reference with a black individual is racism.Wrong indeed is wrong….that is just like the whole micheal vick incident when he went to jail for fighting dogs. In my community,there were many questions raised sayin that he only went to prison because he was black.However, the measures that were taken for something as small as this is ridiculous, and there is no other word for it. To be completely honest, it is not even an extreme form of breaking. From reading, her cousin was already in line. True, its HER cousin and not her, but if she really wanted to pay for her stuff and leave she could have just given it to her cousin and technically she would not have been breaking. I shop all the time and there are plenty of times when wives and husbands part because something was forgotten while shopping, and they find their place back in line, its second nature. To further elaborate, there is no article that I have read that has said anything about the customer complaint, all eyes are focused on the associate. My thing is, your job description as an associate/ cashier is to ring the groceries not regulate the line. If someone breaks in line, it is not your place to tell them to move because that is not what you get paid for. “ghetto” is a term that is often referred to black people, and in some cases there are individuals who display such behavior. However, when you are accused to the extreme for something so petty, then the “GHETTO” as you say comes out!Put yourself into the position…what if your daughter niece sister brother came to break line in front of you because you had temporarily split and it caused such an upror???Just put yourself into the position is all I’m saying. And if she was wrong, did she have to be beaten up against the car several times by a WHITE policeman because she CURSED. i think you need to re evaluate the story from all sides before you call anyone ignorant or ghetto. Right is right…wrong is wrong. ANd to raise another question…if this was not a form of racism, why is the KKK threatening her immediate family??Just some knowledge for you to ponder on??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ever_ready7/ ever_ready7

    THIS SHOULD HAVE NOT WENT THIS FAR. TERRIBLE DECISION WISDOM.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/triangle_luver/ triangle_luver

    But a white man can slap a 2yr old baby and only get 6mths jail and 6mths house arrest?????

    http://newsone.com/nation/news-one-staff/stranger-allegedly-slaps-someone-elses-crying-child-at-walmart/comment-page-5/#comment-797612

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SugaRae72/ SugaRae72

    I agree with you DaysgoFinest! I used to work at walmart. I had people calling me a B**Ch because we sold out of the Xbox 360s at christmas time. Like I did it to them on purpose? I was a cashier.. had no control over what we stocked! lol One lady was calling me all kinds of names. I told her I didnt have to take it from her.. she said she was a Grown A$$ woman and could do what she liked. I told her if she was a Grown A$$ woman, then perhaps she should ACT LIKE ONE. Then she actually tried to HIT ME!Amazing! White, black, or Purple… People are people… And some just need to grow up.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trubian/ trubian

    Why do we insist on reinforcing ignorant and inappropriate behavior. This lady was clearly in the wrong and got what she deserved. However, we attempt to remove accountability from her by suggesting that this incident was motivated by racism as opposed to from ignorance.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mzlady1luv/ Mzlady1luv

    What I find most disturbing is that in 2010 with all the enemies we have all over the world that the United States, it seems, is more divided now than I can remember and I am 51 years old. The danger of it now is it is hidden and suppressed until it is exhibited in such demeaning ways. The actions of a few is attributed to many. In my opinion if you have hate in this day and age it is a reflection of self hate. I have dislikes but at the end of the day I still pray for us all. We all need it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aazzzzmeister/ aazzzzmeister

    daygosfinest619 no disrespect but you need to do a reality check.true enough everything might not be racial but dont be blind baby this is a problem and regardless whether or not you want to acknowledge it baby its there.now i understand the fact that it might not have been that way from the start but as of now thats what it is because if that would have been a black person doing that to a white person then the black person would have not only went to jail but they would have been on every news channel in america like some type of maniac and you know its true so dont say that it aint like that because you werent there and dont know.plus the aunt is a probation officer and has been for the past 11 years and she said that the police told her that she only cursed so how do you not see how things like this arent to much.see when it happens to you then you will finally be awakened with reality.i dont think everything should be deemed racial but some stuff is just to much baby

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deshawzn/ deshawzn

    Sh it wouldn’t happen to me though

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deshawzn/ deshawzn

    @daygosfinest619 what kind of walmart u work at damn, doesnt happen at the ones I’ve ever been too

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2_tha_beat/ 2_tha_beat

    daygosfinest…Do you really think it wasn’t racist.Now tell me how many white people have you told and reported for cutting in line huh?or better yet how many have you seen reported and get arrested…or i bet you think the other incident at the other wall mart when someone got on the pa system and said “All black people leave the store” that wasn’t racial either to you huh? I hear you about everything that happens is not racially motivated..but come on that is right there in your face!And we need to let them know that we are not having this no more.Its a same they got some of us to the point where we accept there treatment and write it of as not being racial.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cali4sho/ Cali4sho

    What is truly tragic is that so-called upstanding citizens sit idly by while such atrocities are perpetrated as well as perpetuated against people of color. It just adds more energy to satan’s negative divide to keep God’s people distracted. If unfairness,prejudice,discrimination, and hate being placed on any individual doesn’t move you or stir you to action, than I say, regardless of your earthly pigmentation: You Are Spiritually Dead!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bizbabe/ bizbabe

    So daygos…, you don’t think the reaction was just a tad extreme?

    I understand that working at uhhh Walmart, you encounter some pretty wild insane folks but, girlfriend, you can’t let that lord over your commonsense and sense of decency.

    MANY MANY of us will split lines in the grocery stores, in supermarkets, or whatever just to see which one moves the quickest. IT IS NOT CUTTING LINE. It is a way to affect our productivity and efficiency measures. LOL!

    Nonetheless, even if the woman had a foul mouth … even if the woman was loud and obnoxious … My dear, that is not assault and definitely BY LAW does NOT dictate jail time nor an old-fashioned BEAT DOWN!

    Whether it was racism or not, I am not at liberty to make such a call as I do not have all of the facts.

    Nonetheless, folks need to learn how to behave and how to treat their fellow ‘man’. But other folks need to get a clue and do the jobs they were hired to do (i.e. cashier should be a simple cashier and nothing more) rather than trying to exert their ‘dreamed up power’.

    Diffusion of conflict skills need to be learned by all. As someone mentioned, just give Mother or your sister or your bud your items and go out to the auto and kill your lungs with a nice cigarette.

    And those darn over-agressive cops … Sheesh! Makes you wanna holla something fierce!

    God Bless
    Faith Sloan
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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rushworlds/ rushworlds

    Walmart is a troubling place,I haven’t been in one for years. I had an incident that I believe was racist in nature.I went to management and they told me if” I have a problem maybe I should shop somewhere with my own people “

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweetgirl888/ sweetgirl888

    that is bulls**t over skip a line i see thatwalmart got 0 talerence

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Larosco/ Larosco

    if i didn’t believe in god it would be hell right now

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jimmy-Spice-Curry/ Jimmy-Spice-Curry

    Racism + pure Capitalism + religious propaganda = Black disenfranchisement.

    This story should not be shocking, although it is clearly frustrating, and illegal. There are several factors here that are directly related: 1) A black victim is usually victimized purely because the system (rogue cops who have clearance to abuse blacks, Walmart who abuse the poor all around the world, fellow customers who know that “beat up on blacks” is accepted in America. 2) The role played by a society that vilified Africa, thus anyone that closely resembles African nationals, is vilified in racist systems.

    The question is: How long will it take Black/Brown people to wakeup to the fact that 99% of Black organizations, politicians and leaders that claim to be working for them are actually working with the system to keep them down !?!?!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rameses-0053/ Rameses-0053

    “United We Stand”, I did not invent that! Even the great El Shabazz also said it. Not until all Blacks are united in all things, business, technology etc., with the home continent of Africa, these problems will never come to a stop. Somebody tell me “how much do African-Americans trust a “Black” cop” in the USA?. In Africa we say “poor no friend” so we never trust a policeman, and that is what is crippling our image wherever we are in the world. Unity also can only come when the rich Blacks forge the way with their money, -not charity for poors-, nor abstract religious hopes, but concrete steps to allevite poverty in Black societies,and countries.
    Till then we shall never have a Chinamans Chance!.
    . . . “Woman Faces 15 Years In Prison For Cutting Line At Wal-Mart” so stupid to read, as if the prisons are built to welcome prisoners than to rehabilitate them . . . at the cost of the society!.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/demoshe/ demoshe

    She should not have cut the Line in the first place!

    You gotta have respect for others!

    I have had someone cut the line in front of me because they thought they were buffy muscular, that I wouldnt say anything.. the reason why I didnt do anything is because I am grown, and I dont think fighting over a line is good enough to waste the 2 extra minutes in the line. If I argue or do something, I will end up losing another 30 minutes!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The1Mzkittykat/ The1Mzkittykat

    She did not cut in line ppl do that ish all the time and its barely room in any prison in the usa to house ppl and they talk about budget but yet they throwing ppl in jail left and right for stupid stuff when they have rapist and murders on the loose hell it was probably one in wal-mart but they too bust worrying about the stupid ish!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/perry161492/ perry161492

    must be white juror and white judge

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SCORPIOBABY_74/ SCORPIOBABY_74

    Bytch azzez..where do they find these so called people and hire them as police..ya gotta hate brown people to be an officer or what?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mikeytrain/ mikeytrain

    hows it cutting when sum1 saving yo spot ??? lol but um yeah that what happn when u deal with retarts

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheSunIsBlack/ TheSunIsBlack

    a clerk at wal mart stole 30 dollars from me,i caught it told the manager.next day she;’s at another work station

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tishreni/ tishreni

    It’s just too hard being black.Where were our leaders when all of this came about?They probably didnt think was a big enough deal to worry about.If they would have thought something could have came from helping her Jesse and Al would have been the first ones up there on tv in her defense.

    Maybe i havent said it too much on here but i really do hate opportunist niggas..they do no good for anybody other then themselves!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/q40smith/ q40smith

    THE PROBLEM IS NOT WHITE PEOPLE,IT IS US, THE PROBLEM IS NOT BEING BLACK.THE

    PROBLEM IS US,SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE IF WE HAD THE FINANCIAL UNITY,EMOTIONAL

    UNITY,AND RESPECT FOR OUR PEOPLE,HARDLY NONE OF THIS EXIST AMONGST US AS A

    WHOLE.WHITE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF CARRYING OUR TALES.WE ARE THE MOST SELFISH

    PEOPLE AMONGST OUR OWN RACE OF PEOPLE.THERE IS SO MUCH BLACK ON BLACK RACISM

    WITH AN EXTENTION OF THE CRAB MENTALITY,WHEN ONE COME UP,THE OTHER PULL

    HIM DOWN.THIS ROBLEM CAN BE ELIMINATED THROUGH THE HOME ,CHURCH,

    COMMUNITY,BUT WHEN KNOW ONE BLACK STICK TOGETHER,AWHOLE NATION FALLS.

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