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ck4829

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18. Bizarre is right

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 11:13 PM

Nov 2016

“We were walking around trying to find an employee, and the cop himself ended up opening up the emergency door, which set the alarm off,” Berry explained. “A couple of minutes later, he got the call from the alarm company asking what was going on.”

Weird.

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2 Black guys walk into store asking if they sold sliced cheese, workers run and hide and call cops [View all] MrScorpio Nov 2016 OP

Welcome to Trumpistan. Moostache Nov 2016 #1

This is just so sad. redwitch Nov 2016 #2

I have no words. madaboutharry Nov 2016 #3

What's wrong with those employees? Someone needs firing for pisspoor judgment. nt MADem Nov 2016 #4

And CVS is now on my boycott list! neeksgeek Nov 2016 #5

How does this not violate anti-Jim Crow laws? Crunchy Frog Nov 2016 #6

You will NEVER go into ANY CVS again based on this story alone.... philosslayer Nov 2016 #16

"... the employee who called the police will be interviewed and possibly retrained." WTF? etherealtruth Nov 2016 #7

I'd like to hear the other side of this story dumbcat Nov 2016 #8

It's pretty clear that the CVS employees fucked up and they know it. MrScorpio Nov 2016 #9

I read somewhere that the employee they saw was also black AngryAmish Nov 2016 #13

I agree. It's too bizarre to not be more complicated. LAS14 Nov 2016 #12

Agree. Somewhere there's a piece of this puzzle that's missing. WillowTree Nov 2016 #20

Black men are SCARY. Crunchy Frog Nov 2016 #21

people shoot at black guys because they get scared, why is this hard to believe ? JI7 Nov 2016 #22

I am embarrassed for the city of Richmond where we reside. SCRUBDASHRUB Nov 2016 #10

What year are we living in? 2016 or 1852? Initech Nov 2016 #11

Ah, come on. It's clear the good looking young black guy intended to smother the clerks with Kraft Vinca Nov 2016 #14

most drug stores carry refrigerated food products, including sliced american cheese. pepperbear Nov 2016 #15

Those people need to be fired. PRONTO. AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #17

Bizarre is right ck4829 Nov 2016 #18

SURE, BUT "SLICED CHEESE" IS WELL KNOWN GANG CODE FOR .....SOMETHING Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #19