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Dunkin’ Employee Fatally Punches Man who Used Racial Slur, Charged and Sentenced
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:52 pm
The employee killed the customer by striking him. Final result? He pleaded guilty to felony battery and was sentenced to two years of house arrest.
the root via msn
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A Black Dunkin’ Donuts employee based in Tampa, Florida had confronted an angry customer who was using racial slurs toward him, resulting in a fatal punch to the customer. The employee, Corey Pujols, has pleaded guilty to felony battery and has been sentenced to two years of house arrest, reported CBS News.
Vonelle Cook, 77, was reportedly a regular at this particular Dunkin’ store. According to the court records obtained by NBC, Cook went to order a coffee in the drive-thru and he began berating the employees for poor service after they said they were having trouble hearing him.
From NBC: He was asked to leave, but he parked his car and went inside the store.
When Cook appeared inside the store, Pujols asked a coworker to call police. Prosecutors said Cook began arguing with Pujols. Once Cook said the racial slur, Pujols walked around the counter and told him not to say that again. When he repeated it, Pujols hit him in the jaw and Cook fell to the floor.
An autopsy said he suffered a skull fracture and brain contusions.
Cook died three days later from his injuries, as reported by CBS. Pujols was originally charged with manslaughter however, prosecutors found Pujols did not have intentions of killing Cook considering his youth and lack of a criminal record.
“Two of the primary factors were the aggressive approach the victim took toward the defendant and everyone working with the defendant, and that the victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language,” said Grayson Kamm, a spokesperson for Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, via Tampa Bay Times.
the root via msn
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:53 pm to L.A.
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angry customer who was using racial slurs toward him
fricked around
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resulting in a fatal punch to the customer.
Found out
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:53 pm to L.A.
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victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language,”
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:54 pm to L.A.
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the victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language
count?
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:54 pm to L.A.
Reverse it and its life in prison.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:55 pm to Damone
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angry customer who was using racial slurs toward him
fricked around
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resulting in a fatal punch to the customer.
Found out
Yep, good to know if someone verbally offends you that you are allowed to kill them. Imagine how quickly a case like Rittenhouse should have been decided based on this ruling.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:56 pm to L.A.
I mean if this is true he deserves to get his arse beat for being a racist dick. That doesn’t mean he deserved to die or that the employee intended to kill him.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:56 pm to CDawson
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Yep, good to know if someone verbally offends you that you are allowed to kill them. Imagine how quickly a case like Rittenhouse should have been decided based on this ruling.
Black privilege
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:56 pm to L.A.
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Two of the primary factors were the aggressive approach the victim took toward the defendant and everyone working with the defendant, and that the victim repeatedly used possibly the most aggressive and offensive term in the English language,
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Vonelle Cook, 77
Dude was 80 years old. What a bunch of bullshite.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:56 pm to L.A.
Makes sense, murder is bad unless they say a no no word first. If I were the family I'd probably be evening things out shortly afterward.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:57 pm to L.A.
Bar has been set. Say the word and you can be killed without any legal worries
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:57 pm to L.A.
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Cook died three days later from his injuries, as reported by CBS. Pujols was originally charged with manslaughter however, prosecutors found Pujols did not have intentions of killing Cook considering his youth and lack of a criminal record.
Wait...isn't that what manslaughter is? Being responsible for a death but not intending to kill?
Secondly...his youth? The guy was 27 I believe.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:58 pm to Damone
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Found out
It's f'n weird to see that people believe that words are violence and can be considered an assault on oneself.
Talk about fricking around and finding out - I don't think you want to live in the world you think you want to live in.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:59 pm to L.A.
I don't feel sorry for either of them. Hopefully the young man learns from this experience.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:02 pm to L.A.
Ok
If someone tells me I'm 'white privileged', now I know I can knock them out.
If someone tells me I'm 'white privileged', now I know I can knock them out.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:03 pm to V Bainbridge
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I don't feel sorry for either of them. Hopefully the young man learns from this experience.
He got a slap on the wrist for killing a man. What lesson do you think he learned?
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:04 pm to L.A.
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Pujols was originally charged with manslaughter however, prosecutors found Pujols did not have intentions of killing Cook
Isn't that what makes it manslaughter?
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:04 pm to jcaz
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I mean if this is true he deserves to get his arse beat for being a racist dick
What other social no-no's justify beating someone's arse?
Who gets to decide which ones are offenses so great they warrant an assault, and which ones are okay?
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:06 pm to V Bainbridge
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Hopefully the young man learns from this experience.
I'm pretty sure everyone is learning a lesson here, and it's that if you're white and say the word you're not allowed to say, not only are you subject to being fired and completely unhireable ever you're also subject to being killed on the spot with little to no repercussions for the person who justifiably killed you for saying that heinous sounds with your mouth.
Seriously, what would this 27 year old man learn from this experience other than he received a slap on the wrist for assaulting and killing a man for saying a mean sound?
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:10 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Meh, he's a 27 year old without a criminal record who was employed at DD. He strikes me as the type to have regret and learn plenty from this, but maybe I'm wrong.
In a reasonable world nobody thinks Pujols is a genuinely bad actor and nobody thinks the old cur is a true victim. The reason this is controversial is because if the 27 year old was white and knocked out/killed a 77 year old POS black guy who was berating everyone, it'd be a national story and no way the 27 year old gets off so easily. That's unjust, but in a vacuum, the punishment here is probably fine.
In a reasonable world nobody thinks Pujols is a genuinely bad actor and nobody thinks the old cur is a true victim. The reason this is controversial is because if the 27 year old was white and knocked out/killed a 77 year old POS black guy who was berating everyone, it'd be a national story and no way the 27 year old gets off so easily. That's unjust, but in a vacuum, the punishment here is probably fine.
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