Popeyes Worker Fired After Physique Slamming Buyer

A Popeyes worker in Tennessee is out of a job days after he allegedly body-slammed a buyer within the parking zone after she reportedly mentioned the N-word.

Deriance Ra’Shaiel Hughes was fired after the Tuesday (Nov. 5) incident exterior a Popeyes in Columbia, the corporate advised the New York Put up on Wednesday (Nov. 13). 

The 29-year-old worker was caught on video arguing with a buyer, who was reportedly requesting a refund after allegedly being overcharged throughout a earlier go to to the restaurant. 

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The client, Debra Staggs, a white lady, allegedly known as workers “n****s” a number of occasions earlier than she was adopted exterior of the restaurant by a gaggle of workers and prospects. 

“You within the fallacious place saying the n-word,” one buyer could possibly be heard saying within the video. 

As soon as exterior, Hughes, who’s Black, can allegedly be seen lifting the 55-year-old lady within the air and slamming her onto the pavement of the parking zone. 

“That’s what you get!” Hughes allegedly shouted whereas the girl laid on the pavement, the New York Put up studies. 

Hughes was recognized by police and arrested on Nov. eight. He faces costs of aggravated assault.

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“We have been shocked to find out about what occurred in Tennessee,” Popeyes mentioned in an announcement, the New York Put up studies. “These actions run utterly opposite to our requirements and the integrity of our model.” 

Staggs’ legal professional mentioned she suffered 9 fractures in her elbow, six damaged ribs and a damaged left leg.

Her legal professional, Rocky McElhaney, advised The Tennessean that Staggs has undergone two surgical procedures and would require months of rehabilitation. 

Based on McElhaney, the sufferer claims she ate on the that Popeyes location on Sunday (Nov. three), someday earlier than the assault, and observed she was billed twice when she seemed on the receipt after returning dwelling, The Tennessean studies.

McElhaney added that Staggs known as the supervisor, who advised her to come back again with the receipt to get a refund, The Tennessean studies. 

“When she obtained there she was handled with hostility and anger from the supervisor,” McElhaney advised The Tennessean. “There have been phrases backwards and forwards.”

Whereas the video didn’t seize her allegedly saying the N-word, McElhaney says Staggs denies utilizing a racial slur.

“My consumer was known as ‘an unsightly broke-down cracker,’” he advised The Tennessean. “If she mentioned one thing she mustn’t have mentioned in retaliation and the warmth of the second we don’t condone that and he or she regrets that, but it surely doesn’t give somebody the appropriate to interrupt any individual’s physique nearly in half.” 

He additionally advised The Tennessean that after Staggs was assaulted, “no person helped her. No person. Lastly, somebody known as the ambulance.” 

The New York Put up studies Popeyes added of their assertion, “Your entire circumstance is very unlucky for all concerned and we hope to by no means see such a conduct once more.”