Woman Tries to Shame CVS Manager for Calling Police on Shoplifters

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A woman tried to berate a Washington, D.C. CVS store manager for calling the police on two men who allegedly stole merchandise from the store. The woman, identified by her Twitter handle as Charity Sade, recorded herself confronting the manager. It did not go according to plan.

The woman bizarrely demanded to know why the manager called the police on the two men. Because they are Black Sade argued, he could have gotten them killed.

The man professionally explained to the self-described “comedian, writer, activist” that company policy “dictates that if they’re shoplifters, they exit the store with merchandise unpaid for, we have to get the police involved. And if the police apprehend them, we have to issue a barring notice,” he says.

“But I actually did not elect to press charges, I just wanted to say hey look, I just want them to know they can’t come in here anymore because they shoplifted and I just need them to sign that. The officers obliged and the guys said the same thing, thank you, and they left.”

“I don’t work for you,” the man said, when Sade kept questioning his actions. “I follow my company’s policies, not your policies, while I can appreciate your concern …”

“So you’re willing to risk someone’s life for what, $30,000 a year?” Sade demands.

When she asked the man his name, he refused to give it, asserting that nobody at the store would tell her his name to allow her to attempt to incite violence against him.

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