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Florida 61-Year-Old Loses His McDonald’s Job After Attack on Black Teen

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by orangeblue_coop, Jul 16, 2022.

  1. orangeblue_coop

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    One of the white men arrested for allegedly attacking a Black teen in a residential Florida neighborhood this week appears to have lost a major source of income. In a statement to The Daily Beast, McDonald’s confirmed that Howard Hughes is no longer employed by one of its Orlando franchisees.

    “We are deeply disturbed and disappointed by what we’ve seen in this video,” local McDonald’s owner and operator James Gilchrist wrote. “This behavior goes against our values and is not tolerated.

    "I can confirm this individual is no longer employed by my organization.” Hughes, 61, and Donald Corsi, 52, were booked by Seminole County police Wednesday. Hughes was charged with felony property damage and misdemeanor battery for the alleged assault on a 16-year-old.

    The teen’s family accused the men of racial profiling him as he drove through their ritzy neighborhood in Sanford, the same town where Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012.

    Howard Hughes loses his job at McDonald’s after the attack on a black teenager in Sanford, Florida


    Thank goodness McDonald's did the right thing and cut ties with this deranged man. Now hopefully the justice system does its job and punishes him for the physical damage he did to that kid's car.
     
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  2. kygator

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    From billionaire to getting fired from McDonald’s. Howard Hughes really had his life fall apart.
     
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  3. citygator

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    McDonald’s employee loses major source of income? That’s a first.
     
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  4. BigCypressGator1981

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    Bad enough that he morphed into Martin Short.
     
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  5. channingcrowderhungry

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    This is what all white people want, to beat up black teens. Am I doing this right @Orange_and_Bluke ?
     
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  6. oragator1

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    This can’t be true, because i was assured racism was a thing of the past.
     
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  7. Gator515151

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    I understand to a point, we have a lot of cut through traffic in our neighborhood cutting through to miss a red light on the main highway. I get aggravated from time to time and yell at drivers. There is a 25 mph sign in front of my house and people fly by at 40 all the time. I yell at a couple every day and I will say one thing. There is no way those men could tell if the boys were black or white when they first drove by. Also sounds strange that a 16 year old was driving and admitted he was speeding? The boys say they turned around to leave? Could be another questionable act. I see one of the men taking a picture of the license plate, seems like he was afraid of the boys running.

    Like I said I can certainly understand yelling at the kids, I do the same. Where it went from there will be a he said / he said situation. Could be interesting. I have had 2 people turn around on me, one to give me crap and the other to apologize. I've got things covered with security cams if anything ever comes of it.
     
  8. Orange_and_Bluke

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    I certainly hope not.
    You’re smart enough to know what I meant I why I said it.
    The libbie media has brainwashed so many white folks to believing this is the 60s.
     
  9. orangeblue_coop

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    Hopefully you don't hurl a stone through those kids' car window after you yell at them for speeding like this guy did.

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  10. Gator515151

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    That old man don't look that strong. I don't think Schwarzenegger could hurl a stone that size.

    BTW your story is over a month old. Hardly news.
     
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  11. Gator515151

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    Actually my yelling at traffic has done a little bit of good. Here is a video I posted on facebook a while back, the Mayor who is a good friend forwarded it to the Police Chief and we have had a couple of speed traps set up on my street lately. People are getting the hint.

     
  12. orangeblue_coop

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    Racist rage must’ve given him the extra strength. And since when is there a time limit on posting news stories.
     
  13. Gator515151

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    I watched several videos the only one being a racist was the kids father when he got there. I never heard one of the men use a racial slur. Kid you don't belong here is not a racial slur, I have said that to white kids. I still say if the kid was speeding there is no way the men knew he was black when they first yelled at him. I do it every day and I don't know if they are white, black, male or female until they pass and sometimes don't know even then. Try standing in your front yard and identify the driver of a car going 30 mph or more.
     
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  14. BigCypressGator1981

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    This is what the righties want. They want an all out war on black people.
    It really sucks how bad this has become.
    I wish no harm on anyone.
     
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  15. orangeblue_coop

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    He still found a way to use that racist rage to lift that stone and break that kids window. That wasn’t a very nice thing to do. You sound very defensive of his actions, maybe you can help him find a new job.
     
  16. GatorFanCF

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    Don’t touch someone or their property unless you fear for your life. This guy may have had a righteous cause (safety) but went about it the wrong way. I give credit to the kid for handling the situation well - if what has been shared is accurate
     
  17. Gator515151

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    No, go to the kids fathers facebook page and scroll past this incident you will find out who is racist. His father posts several times before the incident about racist white people. Then after the incident it's like he is trying to incite problems. I don't know exactly what happened but this has been blown way out of proportion. From day 1 The police made no arrests that night, only after the kids family blew up the internet with racist, racist, racist remarks was an arrest made.
     
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    This story seems to have you fired up. Maybe you can help the 61-year old man find a new burger-flipping job, I’m sure Burger King or Wendy’s is hiring.
     
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  20. channingcrowderhungry

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