A woman in Florida has been arrested and charged with a felony after throwing a burger at a Burger King fast food worker and allegedly calling the woman the "N-word". She was allegedly angry that her tomato slice was too thick. A Florida woman has been charged with a felony after she allegedly tossed raial slurs and a Whopper burger at employees at a Burger King over a disagreement about the thickness of the tomato in her hamburger. The incident unfolded at the Burger King in Sumter County, Florida. Police say that a woman approached the fast food employees complaining that the tomato slice in her Whopper was too thick. The employees said that they could not help her unless she stopped screaming at them. The woman then allegedly threw the Whopper at one of the employees when her back was turned. They told the police that they heard the woman call them the N-word numerous times as she left the restaurant with her husband. The police report said that the victim's account was corroborated by surveillance video and other witnesses. One employee was able to get their vehicle's license plate and gave it to the police. Police were able to identify the woman as 77-year-old Judith Black and interviewed her at her home at a retirement community. The police report said that Black told them she was upset about the thickness of the tomato in her hamburger, and also admitted that she threw the hamburger at the employees. Police say she admitted to calling one employee a "stupid black b***h." Black would have only been charged with a first degree misdemeanor for tossing the Whopper, but because she allegedly used racist epithets at the same time, police elevated the charge to a third degree felony under a statue against "evidencing prejudice while committing offense." Black was released on a $2,500 bond. The woman who was arrested is herself Black. https://www.theblaze.com/news/racist-flying-whopper-florida-attack It seems a little excessive to be charging this woman just for making a scene and throwing a hamburger at someone else. They certainly would not be charging these woman with a felony if she had not used racist insults. I could sort of understand arresting her, because it's not okay to throw hamburgers at strangers, and something should be done to punish her. But then to use that as an excuse and opportunity to punish her for saying racist things during an argument seems wrong.
I am not sure it should be a felony. Other than that, I have no problem with the charge. We had one guy locally who practically lived at the courthouse he was being arrested so often for saying racist things to his neighbors ( a misdemeanor). He didn't want blacks in the neighborhood and would barrage them with racist comments trying to get them to leave. They won. He eventually sold his house and moved. He prided himself on being an ******.
. Wow, so using the N-word in Florida now outranks the penalty for denying the Holocaust in the EU and the penalty for dissing Stalin in Putin's Russia! Isn't "free speech" wonderful ? Btw... the N-word comes from the Latin word for black = niger. http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/adjective:niger .
Just when I thought I'd read the funniest article ever, this one shows up. The fact that a woman felt the need to throw a burger at someone because she didn't like the thickness of a tomato really says some interesting things about her as a person. Not fair to call it a felony, no word is worth that especially that one.
@kazenatsu I think it's fair, the fact that she is black herself doesn't excuse to use racial slurs, and just don't throw you're food on other people.
Black not Black....The victim, a Burger King employee, told police, “an older white female … was not satisfied with a Whopper sandwich she had ordered and was yelling at her at the ordering counter,”.....
Now, her name is Black. But, it says she is also black. Correct? So, how is she a racist again? Back in the real glory days of the country, 1974, my wife and I were 20 years old working at Jack in the Box. This guy was there with his family and didn't like the way his burger was cooked and threw it towards my wife. I grabbed the meet knife (12" long) and walked to the counter and told the guy he'd better leave with his family now and don't come back. That was the end of the problem. Today, we can't defend ourselves or anyone else without being arrested for racism or some other BS.
She should sue. There was no evidence that she was targeting due to race hate. She was insulting and assaulting because her tomatoes were cut too thick.
Sorry. The lady charged with a felony for throwing the tomatos and calling the black employee racial insult should sue as her rights were abused. A hate crime happens when a person targets an individual because of their race. Not just an insult.
I agree that her rights were abused, but you should realize "suing" isn't some automatic guaranteed remedy when you have suffered an injustice. Prosecutors have all sorts of tools at their disposal to make resisting not worth it and coerce the accused to just plead guilty. This is especially true in "borderline" cases like this one, where the prosecutor has some conceivably justified legal argument, even if it is overall wrong. Judges are rarely ever going to award money to someone when their suffering was caused by the decision of another judge. (especially when there is any plausible argument, however weak, that the judge could have been right) Some of this may be a little premature, because this case has not actually gone to trial yet. But realize in the vast majority of these cases the defendants are pushed into pleading guilty. If they chose to take it to trial they risk lots more prison time and big legal expenses, and a long drawn out process.
It should not be a felony crime. That is ridiculous. Maybe some ignorant people here do not realize there are rights that are automatically taken away after someone is convicted of a crime classified as a felony?
