Did you happen to see this video flying around over the past couple of days? Summary version: This dude is on the board of his local HOA and he called the cops on a black mom and her kid, who told him they were residents of the community, when they tried to use the pool. The cops arrived and the woman showed them that her key card opened the gate, but the guy below refused to apologize and the rest, as they say, is history as the video quickly went viral online:
This man called the cops on a Black neighbor while she was using a community pool pic.twitter.com/V6caCaF6SF
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 6, 2018
The man was quickly identified by the social-media mob as Adam Bloom and employed by Sonoco:
This is disgusting, @Sonoco_Products. You know how these things go. A public company statement and letting this racist jerk go ASAP is the only thing that’ll make your company look good right now. https://t.co/MVcPHk0M6U
— Adam Tierney (@adamctierney) July 6, 2018
Sonoco has since fired him over the incident:
We are aware of a terrible incident involving the actions of one our employees outside of the workplace, and we have released this statement. pic.twitter.com/vl8Vk4ykoc
— Sonoco (@Sonoco_Products) July 6, 2018
We’re living in an era where acting like an a** for a few minutes can cost you everything, and folks are pretty psyched about it:
"Keycard Kevin" got the boot, y'all. https://t.co/EQ78xOMqaa
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) July 6, 2018
This is how you do it. https://t.co/JIurdS6ktt
— Emily G (@EmilyGorcenski) July 6, 2018
Few things make me happier than seeing a bigot get what they deserve. Free speech DOES NOT mean free from consequences. Don't try and pretend your racism is "concern for your neighborhood." We're not buying it! Well done, @Sonoco_Products https://t.co/cBTMgZkxbX
— Jonathan D. Lovitz (@jdlovitz) July 6, 2018
Catch racists on film and pray they get fired for their bigotry. Good on @Sonoco_Products. https://t.co/zCtB0ati0x
— Robin Mazumder (@RobinMazumder) July 6, 2018
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