A Louisiana woman who posted a video of herself dousing a homeless person with ice water amid freezing temperatures has been fired from her job and is facing criminal charges.
The Baton Rouge Police Department has issued a misdemeanor summons for simple battery for Kasey Young, 44, after a video she posted on Facebook showed her pouring water on the Black person sitting near a convenience store where she worked on Monday, Dec. 26.
Many in the community have condemned the former store clerk’s actions. The owner of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said he immediately fired Young.
“When I got the news, I didn’t speak to the employee too much,” said Abdul Muflahi in a press conference Tuesday. “All I told her was to leave the property because we do not handle situations like that.”
The viral video shows Young exiting the Triple S Food Mart with a mid-size bucket of water in her hand before walking it near the woman sitting on the…
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