Homophobic Attack At Lowes

From The Advocate:

Two men who report being verbally harassed and physically threatened at a Lowe’s home improvement store in Riverside, Calif. have been granted temporary restraining orders against the employees who allegedly attacked them. Jeremy Smythe, 29, and Daniel Soto, 35, have requested video evidence from Lowe’s of the incident and are considering a civil case against the store.

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Lowe’s security cameras captured footage of the incident, but Lowe’s has not agreed to release the video to Smythe, Soto and Roberts-Ross. Should Lowe’s release the tape, a representative told Smythe, Soto and Roberts-Ross, they will do so with the stipulation that it cannot be released to media. Smythe suggests Lowe's knows its employees were in the wrong.

“If the video shows we were the aggressors, why wouldn’t Lowe’s say, ‘Show the tape’? It’s going to show what we’ve been saying all along,” Smythe says.

It's pretty obvious that if/when the evidence shows that these employees are the agrgressors here, they should be fired. I know to most that common sense, but we should also be aware that common sense ain't that common in this world. 

Don't forget that these two men had a child that was with them when this incident occurred. Yeah, these employees were attacking these men with their child in tow.

I can't help but think that if something like this happened at a Home Depot (which has a good track record with LGBT equality to the point that they have incurred a boycott be the so-called American Family Association), the employees would have been fired on the spot, no litigation required.  Just some food for thought there.

You can read the article in its entirety HERE.