3 Applebee's employees fired for racially profiling two African-American diners

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3 Applebee’s employees fired after customers say they were racially profiled
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  • 9 hours ago

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Three Applebee's employees have been fired for racially profiling two African-American diners at a Missouri mall after one of the customers posted a video of the incident on Facebook.

Asia Hardy and her friend, Alexis Brison, who is from St. Louis, were eating at the Independence restaurant Saturday when a police officer, a mall security guard and a manager confronted them, according to The Kansas City Star.


The two officers approached them about an incident that had happened the day before, in which two women allegedly left without paying for their food. An Applebee's employee in the video can be heard positively identifying the two women. However, the women say the server’s description of the dine-and-dashers was vague, with few details other than skin color and body size.



“We have not been here!” a distraught Asia Hardy repeatedly tells the officer. “I’m a student. I live on campus. I have not been here, like, I’ve been on duty at Rockhurst University.”

“Is she normally this emotional?” the officer asks. “Wow. Does she normally talk like this?”

Brison tells the officer, “We’ve been shopping. We’re just trying to have a nice dinner. Can we just pay for our food? We haven’t done anything.”

The officer asks the women to put themselves in his shoes, saying he needed to ask them about the manager's allegations.

“You’re doing your job but the restaurant isn’t doing its job. Because if she’s positive that she’s seen us, we haven’t been in here,” Brison said.

The women ask if there are cameras to prove they aren’t the suspected thieves from the day before.

The officer tells them to “just relax.”

“This is too much of an accusation to call it nothing because we have not been here,” one woman said.

In a statement released Monday evening, Applebee’s said the restaurant’s manager, a server and another employee involved in the incident have been fired after an internal investigation.

The franchise also said the Independence Center location is now temporarily closed “in order for the team there to regroup, reflect, learn and grow from this.”

Applebee’s said they are reaching out to apologize to the two women.

Bill Georgas, Applebee’s CEO, Apple Central, LLC, Applebee’s local franchise, released the following statement about the video and restaurant policies:

“At Applebee’s, we do not tolerate racism or bigotry of any nature. We regret any incident like this, because we want every guest experience to be positive. Our team has been working throughout the weekend and will continue to work to determine what happened and what appropriate measures will be taken. We currently have no indications this was race related. We have a diverse workforce that is reflective of the community we serve. All are welcome at our restaurant, and will continue to be welcome.”

Independence police said they had not received a police report on either the incident shown in the video or the dine-and-dash incident the day before.

The attorney for both women, Ryan Kaiser, said at this time they have no comment related to the incident.



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This girl should have been crying like that. I mean the restaurant was dead wrong but to be crying and sobbing like that makes you look dusty. Don't give them white people to pleasure them see you like that.
 

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Those cacs really love fukking with black people over there in the states.

I didn't watch the whole thing but I can tell these cacs knew they didn't steal anything. This was just done for shyts and giggles and nothing more. They take pleasure fukking with black folks just going about their business simply because they can. My only surprise is that anybody was fired at all so they must have a history of shyt like this.
 

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I live in north Miami in a 80% Haitian community :yeshrug: not a penny of mines goes to cac hands (besides Uncle Sam taxing my checks) I know u nikkas don’t know what it feels like to live in a community with your peoples :ehh: so I don’t blame you misguided ass c00ns...

who run your internet company? is the clothes you're wearing made by black businesses? what about the computer you're reading this on? if you trade ANY kind of money with whites then i guess this makes you a c00n too :lolbron:
 

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In these situations I always defer to logic. If the cac cop came up to me I'd be like, "Who in the world would steal from a restaurant and then come back?!?!"

Me: :stopitslime:
Cac cops: :skip: :ohhh: :hubie:
Applebee's employees: :huhldup:
Me (knowing I'm bout to get paid): :mjgrin: :ufdup:
Applebee's employees (knowing they're about to lose their jobs): :sadcam::damn:
Me: :win:
 

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I'd say,

Whoever suspected those young women for stealing, if the shyt doesn't add up, they asses should be jail'd/sentenced for false accusations.

Just like with rape or anything else. All this false flagging is getting outta hand, A I"m sorry aint good enough. Put their ass in prison for doing that shyt.

Cacs know what they be doing when they pull that stunt.
 

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That girl crying about get a role in the new Malcolm Lee flick :banderas: Goat crying for the civil case. They about to eat for life. Literally and figuratively (Applebee’s probably give them a lifetime free food pass) Cacs continue to be the most vile ruthless species on earth. Who dines and dashes from a restaurant and goes right back there the next day to the same server?
 

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This situation is all around depressing as hell. The way it was handled was very unprofessional. You can't just see two random black women and automatically think they're guilty of something that happened before. Why not file a police report when the theft occurred? Why not use surveillance footage to confirm that these were the same two girls?

Nope. Let's sic a couple of police officers at them just like that.
 

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This girl should have been crying like that. I mean the restaurant was dead wrong but to be crying and sobbing like that makes you look dusty. Don't give them white people to pleasure them see you like that.

See I kind of like that she cried. We see how effective white women's tears are. I actually think more Black women should cry. We're vulnerable too. Besides, it's a highly emotional, charged situation, some people are not emotionally strong to deal with and that's ok.

Also, I want to give a hearty "fukk you" to the two bytches that dipped out the day before who basically caused this situation for these young ladies that day. If theres any c00ns in this situation it's those heauxs and any other mother fukkers that make it harder for the rest of us.
 

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I'd say,

Whoever suspected those young women for stealing, if the shyt doesn't add up, they asses should be jail'd/sentenced for false accusations.

Just like with rape or anything else. All this false flagging is getting outta hand, A I"m sorry aint good enough. Put their ass in prison for doing that shyt.

Cacs know what they be doing when they pull that stunt.

Agreed. Especially considering someone could have gotten hurt or killed once you add police to the mix.
 
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