{"id":231,"date":"2009-11-02T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T19:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/11\/things-dont-add-up-in-wal-mart-scuffle.html"},"modified":"2009-11-02T19:06:20","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T19:06:20","slug":"things-dont-add-up-in-wal-mart-scuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/11\/things-dont-add-up-in-wal-mart-scuffle.html","title":{"rendered":"Things Don’t Add Up in Wal-Mart Scuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wal-Mart seems to be playing a much larger part in our blog than usual lately, but apparently that’s where all the news happens. <\/p>\n

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Actually, the incident I’m referring to in this case actually occurred three years ago, but the trial is approaching soon, and CNN recently hosted a small panel interview with John King to discuss whether or not this was a case of racism. <\/div>\n
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Here’s the backstory: Heather Ellis, a Wal-Mart shopper, became involved in a verbal tussle with a cashier — she claims the cashier asked her for id even though she was paying cash and refused to hand over her change. The cashier claims she cut in line (wow, I’ve wanted to call the police on line-cutters, but this is ridiculous). From any<\/i> account, it sounds as though things went from bad to worse quickly. The cashier called for the police, tempers rise, the situation turns into he says, she says. <\/div>\n
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Far be it for me to judge something I didn’t witness firsthand (at least without some credible facts in the form of video or eye witness accounts); I certainly can’t say whether or not this was racism, or a justified arrest of someone disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. What I can say: <\/div>\n
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