McDonald's Manager Kicks Black Teens Out After Racist Allegedly Threatens Them With a Gun

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McDonald's Manager Kicks Black Teens Out After Racist Allegedly Threatens Them With a Gun
"I don't give a f**k, get out of my store now," the manager told the teens.

What started out as an ordinary trip to a Minnesota McDonald's ended up with a racist pulling a gun on a group of Somali-American teens and a manager yelling for the the group to get out, despite their lives being at risk.

In videos taken by one of the teenagers and posted to Twitter, a group of Somali-American teenagers can be seen confronting the man, who is leaving the store after yelling a racial slur at one of the kids. The man brandished his pistol threatening the teenagers. The group, immediately, turns to run away from the man and one of the teenager yells, "he has a gun." The gun cannot be seen in the video.

What started out as an ordinary trip to a Minnesota McDonald's ended up with a racist pulling a gun on a group of Somali-American teens and a manager yelling for the the group to get out, despite their lives being at risk.

In videos taken by one of the teenagers and posted to Twitter, a group of Somali-American teenagers can be seen confronting the man, who is leaving the store after yelling a racial slur at one of the kids. The man brandished his pistol threatening the teenagers. The group, immediately, turns to run away from the man and one of the teenager yells, "he has a gun." The gun cannot be seen in the video.

It took an older white gentleman who was a customer at the restaurant to explain to the "manager" that putting the the group out would be putting directly in harm's way. He then instructed her to call the police which is what should have been done on the first place.

"Don't send them off there when a dude just pulled a f**king gun on them," he says. "You've got to call the f**king cops is what you've got to do."
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[Hav]

1. Someone's going to be out of a job soon,

that'll be the end of "her" store. Shouldn't take longer than till the end of the week.
Sending kids into danger and telling them there is a reason the gun was pulled makes you one sorry excuse for a human being.

[pangaia]

30. Well, the kids have black skin so, jeeze, ya never know what they might do....

like order a whopper

[exboyfil]

2. A man has been arrested

I am speculating, but I suspect he is a Trump supporter.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/11/21/man-pulls-gun-on-somali-teens-mcdonalds-eden-prairie/

[SimpleC]

3. MCDonalds Manager Fail....

She was placed in a scary situation and she failed...

I don't think she was being racist so much as she panicked...

As a Veteran who's been shot at.... had rocks thrown at them....

She Froze...

It happens...

[Just a Weirdo]

20. She's going to be fired

Denied Ui as well. She better find another line of work. Maybe dogshit gatherer for piecemeal work.

[SimpleC]

4. As a matter of fact...

I might keep her if given the choice...

[jpak]

5. Why?

Do tell.

[SimpleC]

6. Because once in a scary situation... and let her reflect...

There's probably a thousand things she wished she had done differently...

In a weird way... she's now a vet....

[SimpleC]

7. Another weird slant...

Had I been there... I might have chased him down resulting in my death or him getting seriously hurt,,,

Some people are not equipped for those choices..

I don't know.. I wasn't there...

[Delphinus]

8. Thanks for your response.

It helps to see your viewpoint.

[SimpleC]

10. I'm trying to be real... :)

In my opinion... she panicked... I didn't see a racial overtone...

[salin]

16. From a liability viewpoint, she put the franchise owner and their insurance company at risk of huge

cost.

Granted, if they own part of that liability if they haven't given emergency situation training.

Despite the racial overtone (or not) - this was a horrible safety risk/legal liability.

[jberryhill]

37. I think one could argue it either way on the liability front

There's a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't element.

He shelters the kids, the gunman comes back and shoots up the place, including other customers, whose lawyers argue that the manager's actions jeopardized the lives of the other customers.

Does he end up locking the door? I can't get video at the moment.

[nini]

27. No it's exactly why she should be let go

She did not handle it the right way and lives were at risk because of that.

[Just a Weirdo]

21. I wouldnt

If I was Paul the owner and operator, she is so fired and denied any reference or UI.

[SMC22307]

54. She's going to be fired. Her next line of work should be...

one in which she doesn't need to be quick thinking on her feet. It would probably be a good idea if she stayed away from jobs in which she's required to deal with a demanding -- and often gun-totin'-- public. I guarantee if those had been white Minnesotan teens she would have behaved differently... you know it, too.

[Yosemito]

60. What's their address?

Give me the McDonald's location so I can find out the phone number and call the manager out over the phone if he is still there.

[tblue37]

66. The manager is a woman. nt

[brush]

9. Good God! How many of these videos of store managers failing AAs are we going to see?

They're always white and they always side against black people.

[SimpleC]

11. One of the Smartest PeopleI I ever met in my life was a black person...

I reviewed the video myself... this wasn't a manager on a racist rant... this was a woman who panicked...


Cut her some slack I say...

[brush]

12. As I said, every one of these store managers in these videos side against black people.

You'd think that at least one would take the time and listen to a black customer's side of the story.

But no, the systemic racism in the country is on display in video after video after video after video...

[SimpleC]

13. And it will have an effect...

My point... in this particular video... the Manager is not being racist...

She panicked.... she didn't know what to do in this crisis... and she froze... and wanted everyone out...


The person in this clip she's arguing with is a white dude...…


Just because there was black people present doesn't make it a racist thing...


We need to STOP that shit...

[brush]

14. Nah, you need to stop and admit the obvious.

She heard the sensible white guy tell her the kids may get shot but she kept yelling for them to get out.

No way would she have yelled that to a group of white kids threatened with a gun.

[SimpleC]

17. I'm very sensitive

to the racism in America...the solution in my opinion is to be real...

Racism works BOTH ways...I've actually HEARD this from black people... I'm Black... I CAN'T be racist....

My answer... is YES... you can be BLACK and RACIST....

Let me share for a second...

In my upbringing,,, when they desegregated schools... I was bussed to a primarily black school...

I was a book geek and didn't understand what was going... just give me my books and I'll be ok...

I was tortured for the crime of being WHITE.... so NO.... RACISM works BOTH WAYS!!!!

[brush]

22. So why are you denying the obvious in this incident?

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And try looking up racism as there's a difference between it and prejudice. Power dynamics, you know.

[SimpleC]

25. I've been in two WARS...

I saw a gal panicking...

I didn't see a KKK bitch Screaming Hang them...


WTF?....

[brush]

28. She wouldn't have done that to a group of white kids.

[SimpleC]

31. She reacted according to her training and upbring :)

Have you been in a combat situation?

[brush]

35. Weak. She obviously was poorly trained. And I agree, she reacted to her upbringing...

which makes my case about systemic racism in the country.

[SimpleC]

39. In a combat situation....

Everyone reacts differently... think about it...

She's a manager of Mcdonalds…. she's worried about patties and bun inventory....

A hostile situation brakes out,,, she panics...

I guess my point... I didn't see a racist slant in this confrontation....

Just because there was black people there... doesn't make it a racist slant....

[brush]

40. It's a restaurant, not combat. She wouldn't have done that to white teens.

You're new here. Listen and learn.

[SimpleC]

42. OOOOO....

At first I didn't catch that,,,

Listen and learn...

I'm sitting down and listening....

TEACH ME... LOL

[SimpleC]

43. Hey Brush...

You've got my attention...

I really need to be schooled...

I'm ready for your teaching...

[SimpleC]

45. I want to hear you out... :)

[quickesst]

59. I just got to ask....

"she wouldn't have done that to white teens."


How do you know? Wouldn't your answer require the situation with white kids actually take place, or at least some power of prognostication/ESP Etc on your part? Or are you assuming? Just asking.

[brush]

64. God! Have you been in a cave the last year or so? Have you not heard of...

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BBQ Becky, Permit Patty, Pool Patrol Paula, the racist Starbucks manager throwing out the waiting black guys, and all the unarmed black guys killed by cops—and on and on and on?

None of those incidents happened to white people, just black people.

I'll attribute your post to naivete instead of "someone playing dumb."

Deal?

[quickesst]

71. It is apparent to me

.... that you are incapable of differentiating between the people you mention who are textbook examples of outright racists and the completely different situation this girl was confronted with. Now I'm not asking. I am telling you that you are making an accusation based solely on assumption and arriving at that conclusion with what you perceive as evidence when only two facts connect the situation being discussed and the examples you present as "proof" she would have acted differently had the young men been white. #1. There was a minority involved. #2. There was a white person involved. Other than that, there are zero similarities between this situation and those you offer up as proof. No deal.

[brush]

78. Feel free to live in your imaginary world where there is no inherent racism...

in this country despite the many, many blatant examples of it we witness over and over again.

This one was "being a teen in a fast food joint while black" and you don't want to admit it for some reason.

The manager was throwing the teens out in to the parking lot where the gunman who threatened them was.

Duh!

[quickesst]

79. The previous examples you presented...

.... are good examples of inherent racism. I simply believe this girl's reaction was out of panic and fear with no racist intent and she would have reacted the same way no matter who was present. At least my opinion is based upon real world evidence in the video and not an assumption made based upon completely different situations that have very little in common. That you have made an accusation based upon nothing but assumption is a fact. Nothing will change that.

[brush]

80. You think she panicked because of a gunman (who had left btw)...

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I think she panicked because she was confronted with a room full of scared black kids, which scared her.

This and the other examples I gave are all of a piece—the below the surface and barely concealed, inherent racism in the country.

I'm African American so it's no surprise to me.

[quickesst]

81. Okay

I will concede that she shouldn't have thrown them out, but I am not convinced that she would not have thrown out a bunch of white kids if the roles were reversed. I think she would have thrown anyone out of her place just to get the situation removed from her location. Ask me about any of your previous examples of inherent racism and you will get a completely different answer from me. I'll leave it at that.

[pangaia]

55. You've been in 'combat.' Yeah, we know, You keep reminding us.

[jpak]

57. "brakes" - lol

[jpak]

56. White racists are always trained according to their "upbringing"

yup

[violetpastille]

58. SimpleC

Racism isn't always

a KKK bitch Screaming Hang them...

Sometimes racism is just letting someone die. Passively.

And as we see so often with the police sometimes racism is "panicking".

[pangaia]

32. Bullshit. by the video, at least, he wanted the black kids out. NOT the white guy.

My take,

[tblue37]

67. She. The manager is female. nt

[pangaia]

70. Right, sorry, my too quick mistake..

[JI7]

63. that white guy intervened to defend the black kids who she was trying to kick out

where the piece of shit with a gun was threatening them.

she wasn't talking to him when she told them to get out.

[Just a Weirdo]

23. She incorrectly reacted

As an owner and operator, I would be extremely concerned about the downtread of the store and take action before it goes too unprofitable for Mickey D to revoke that franchise. Therefore, I would fire the fuck out of the manager, close the store for a day for race relation training then move on.

Also deny UI.

But I don't own Mickey D franchise.

[jpak]

26. What a stupid response

ugh

[SimpleC]

29. I had a long winded response to your post...

Keyboard issue erased it...

Scott was his last name.... In my lifetime, he was the smartest person I ever met...

Total Genius... he helped me through A school in the Military...

After A school... I met up with him in Japan... he was diagnosed with MS...

It broke my heart to see such a mind gone....


We had such COOL convos...

[jpak]

46. What a cool story - thanks for sharing

[jpak]

48. "You're"

[SimpleC]

49. Why are your being so cruel?

To the memory of my friend?

[jpak]

50. Because you're so cruel to the Somalis that were harassed and threatened at that McDs

Boo Fucking Hoo.

[pangaia]

33. "One of the Smartest PeopleI I ever met in my life was a black person..."

Really ? Who ? Maybe I know him or her..

[SimpleC]

34. Walter Scott

Died of MS... know him?

[jpak]

52. The first refuge of a racist

yup

[pangaia]

72. Boy, tell me. I cannot BELIEVE all those statements.

Gobble gobble, BTW.

[marble falls]

68. What a shame, the ONLY one. I wish I had gotten to know him, the only one ...

Doesn't that Simple get how he sounds saying that stuff???

[pangaia]

74. I remember knowing a really smart black person too.

It was a woman, my girlfriend, in fact in..1970.. in Memphis.



Happy turkey day.

[marble falls]

82. Thanks, same to you! My problem has been all the stupid wypipo I've run into, including members ...

my own family!

[Cha]

15. So another one.. Being Black

while threatened with a gun. What's mcdonald's gonna do about this travesty?

[oberliner]

18. What do you think McDonald's should do?

[SimpleC]

19. Give her some time off

and keep her...

[Just a Weirdo]

24. Fire her.

[marble falls]

69. Maybe you and SimpleC should discuss that. What would you do?

[brettdale]

38. I worked at a Maccas in the 90's (NewZealand)

There is no way, the managers were trained for this type of situation,
heck we had some managers that were still at High School.

Way way out of depth, and she shouldnt be expected to handle a situation
where someone pulls a gun.

In this case, I dont think its racist.

[SimpleC]

41. Thank you... :)

[womanofthehills]

51. What about common sense? - The manager sounds like a psychopath in the video.

She has no empathy. Reminds me of our president.

[Kentonio]

61. She was probably terrified.

She was just at work one minute, and the next minute there's a gun being waved around, people running and a general sense of chaos. She could certainly have handled it better, but until anyone is in a situation like that, they have no real idea how they'll react.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

53. In this day and age it is inexcusable that store owners (and I doubt that she owned that store)

operators and managers do not have some degree of training in situations such as this. It has been the norm for decades, but now is more important than ever given that we have a WH that encourages people to believe that violence with a gun is the go-to manner in which to handle any situation that doesn't go their way.

[JI7]

62. good for that white guy who called out the manager's shit

and the way he said it also.

[brush]

65. Yes, he was a stand-up guy and the manager should've listened to him.

[ck4829]

73. Indeed

[ck4829]

75. Good they arrested the terrorist

[LuckyCharms]

76. Well, when I first saw this video on another site...

my first response was that the manager lost her shit and had no idea how to respond to the situation.

Is she a racist?

I don't know because there is not enough information in the video that would allow me to call her a racist. I do not know if her actions were driven by race. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't.

If I was inclined to view every confrontation between people of different races as a racist act, I could definitely argue that she is a racist. I'm not inclined to do that though. I think it may have been more of a panic situation. But again, I really have no idea. Not enough info.

[MountCleaners]

77. McDonald's and other stores and restaurants should face reality

Racist and religiously bigoted behavior is a PROBLEM in these public accommodations. Just as Starbucks had to learn, they need to prepare their managers to deal with incidents like this. It is interfering with people's right to patronize an establishment. So yeah, the businesses ARE responsible for protecting their patrons from harassment and threats. No, they aren't equipped to handle someone with a gun, but fair treatment of customers ought to be a priority. It's good for business anyway. And why can't these places make a statement that ALL are welcome in their establishment and that harassment will not be tolerated? Why would it hurt to have a little sticker at the entrance indicating so - they already have a bazillion stickers / notices and signs at the entrance?

Society in general has a responsibility to protect and defend people's right to, uh, just be in public. We should all do more, but corporations should set a standard.