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Texas Cashier Clubs Deaf Customer For Not Talking

firstcoastnews.com — When Goodnight tried to pay for two bottles of Sprite with a $5 bill he was assaulted by the store clerk. Investigators said the clerk, 20-year-old Ricky Young told them he thought Goodnight was being rude by not talking to him and hit him in the head with a crowbar.

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  • colin409, on 10/16/2007, -4/+326That's an interesting way to deal with "rude" customers
    • sacherjj, on 10/12/2007, -9/+54I guess at least he didn't taser him, right?
      • Phyltre, on 10/10/2007, -14/+21The verb is "tase." How could you have been on Digg the last month and not known that?
        • Amablue, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20There's no official way to make taser into a verb.
          • caribou16, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15"Verbing weirds language" -Calvin and Hobbes
        • kmesp86, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14He just did! That's how language works. Express an idea. You all understood what he said.
        • bassgoonist, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Since TASER is a brand, lets go with shock, since its an electroshock weapon. :-D
        • TheRemoteViewer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13How do you say 'Don't tase me, Bro!' in sign language?
          • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12deaf customer signing fuoriously, ''Don't crowbar me, Bro!''

            i guess the dollar store clerk is a big 'half life' fan...
          • WaltDismal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It involves screaming, flopping around, collapsing, and sueing.
      • dorianh49, on 10/16/2007, -9/+141Don't crobe me, bro.
        • Antixian, on 10/10/2007, -24/+3lmfao you made me shart.
          • VanillaStarfish, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Dugg for sharting and admitting it.
        • WindReaver, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40The assailant, one Mr. Gordon Freeman, also did not speak as he attacked the victim.
          • nickj6282, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Best comment all day! Maybe there was a headcrab stuck to him?
          • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7well, at least the clerk didn't fling the deaf guy 100 feet into the air with a gravity gun...
          • themastersb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Looks like nickj is eager for tomorrow.
      • ikillpeoplexx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Rather be tazed than beaten with a crowbar.
        • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i see a market for crowbars that taze here...
        • zombies187, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I'd rather be tazed than be in Texas.
    • jebus123, on 10/10/2007, -12/+36You not talking hey? Them's fitting words!
    • 808kick, on 10/10/2007, -5/+30I guess you guys don't use guns as much as we are led to believe
      • mythicflux, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4Well it was Texas so the stereotype still somewhat fits. I mean his rifle was probably on his gun rack in the back of his pickup truck.
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2man, he was just outta ammo from shooting at the last 5 guys who looked at him the wrong way.
    • beriadan, on 10/16/2007, -1/+106That's actually the 1st thing I wondered, how do you go from "Wow, what a rude *****" to "I should probably twack him with this crowbar now"
    • glasnostic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40My mom is deaf and in Texas.

      *worried*
      • alex7575, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Send her a helmet, STAT!
      • nohoida, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5My mom is deaf as well (in Wisconsin).. When we would go places together I couldn't believe the things people would say when they thought we were both deaf.
    • moxx, on 10/10/2007, -9/+5Working as a cashier at target...I have had so many moments where I have wanted to club someone in the head with a crowbar....especially people who come into the store pissed off and try to take it out on me...but of course if i had a crowbar with me while working...I wouldn't be typing right now...or atleast doing it from a 6 by 8 room.

      Also...target trains you to handle people with disabilities properly and respectfully...so I am supposing I'd realize it wasn't someone being an ***** to me...
      • Ajajadude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I work in retail, too, but while the thought had crossed my mind, I've never actually had the urge to beat someone with a heavy, solid object. Even if they won't talk to me.
        Hell, the less customers talk, the better!
        • moxx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Cashiers get a speed score though...basically if they don't answer and take forever it makes me look bad...and without a good speedscore I don't get a raise...which would give me the urge to hit someone with a crowbar...
      • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10any store that names itself 'target' and has bulls' eyes all over the place is just askin' for a heap of trouble in Texas.
        • Kerrigore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"I tried to walk into Target, but I missed. I think the entrance to Target should have people splattered all around. I think one day I'm going to walk in there and they will ask "Can I help you?" and I'll go "Nope, just practicing." -- Mitch Hedburg
          • LaueOfficer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I love reading his quotes aloud in my head in his voice.
    • AnonymousWade, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Did this customer happen to have an ipod box with a rock in it?
      • AnonymousWade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1meant to reply to moxx's comment, no colin. see comment below me
    • Homoomo, on 10/15/2007, -2/+5What's the big deal? a blind man bumped into me on the street the other day and i shot him in the leg.
      (I'm being completely sarcastic by the way.)
    • vulcanius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The customer was unfortunately unable to hear the cashier's question, "English *****, do you speak it?!"
    • buddyman, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1OIA - ONLY IN AMERICA!! hahahahahaha.
    • buddyman, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1Is it a redneck, is it a negro, is it a WhiteTrailerTrashKKKMan? NO, IT'S AMERICAN!!!
      hahahahahah!!! America, america hahahahaha American!
  • allaboutdatiki, on 10/16/2007, -3/+268IN OTHER NEWS: Family Dollar Stores outfits its cash registers with crow bars ...
    • MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -16/+24HA HA! only in texas
      • airquotes, on 10/12/2007, -21/+11***** texas
      • louiedog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I dunno, bludgeoning sounds more like a NYC thing. I would expect a firearm in Texas.
    • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/16/2007, -1/+124Family Dollar CEO Gordon Freeman could not be reached for comment.
      • melonhedd, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2I get it
      • liquidjamm, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2really... gordon freeman?... really?
        I see what you did here. you, clever bustard, you.
        Thanks a bunch,
        Stuwee Griffin.
      • TjLAXattack, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5When anyone can't be reached for comment, they probably should be clubbed with a crow bar.
      • MrNexus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Brilliant!
    • aximbigfan, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3I actually don't see what you did there...
      • Miche1987, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1But I DID see what YOU did THERE...
    • Zippo, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I'm surprised it's not a shotgun.
    • alex7575, on 10/16/2007, -1/+36This is where I lost it:
      "A spokesman for Family Dollar said the store is conducting its own internal investigation into the incident."

      Store owner: Did you hit him deaf dude in the head?
      Store clerk: Noooooope.
      Store owner: Ok that's good enough for me son... we're done investigatin' internaly here...
    • bmdubya, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I guess you can only pay with dollar bills at dollar stores.
    • BuhSnarf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Seriously, why did the guy have a crowbar whilst serving customers? I mean, there must be more to this story, surely a guy doesn't just whack another guy for no reason?
      • sacherjj, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12You left out the Texas element. That pretty much sums it up. :)
      • AnonymousWade, on 10/10/2007, -14/+0***** you.
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"no reason"???? DUDE, he DIDN'T SPEAK TO THE GUY. sheesh.
  • Flushnasty, on 10/16/2007, -22/+160YEEE HAAAW
  • fictionalOne, on 10/10/2007, -17/+58Maybe this warning should have been included in the "Advice for anyone moving to Texas" posting:
    http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Advice_for_anyone_mov ...
    • mikesbaker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16#30 - don't buy anything from a dollar store ever.
    • expatcatalyst, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Yeah, I just read that one about20 min ago. I was about to make the same post. lol
    • chukd, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I thought don't buy anything from the dollar store was a rule of life.
      • expert01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Interesting how dollar stores don't sell dollars...
  • logicalnoise, on 10/10/2007, -1/+57dugg for perfect story description. It has a tremednous build up to the word "crowbar".
  • FreakyD, on 10/16/2007, -5/+162Can you hear me now?
    • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Had to digg ya because I laughed at your comment...But man, that was just wrong....
      still ROFL
  • fisj139, on 10/10/2007, -0/+64You mean that's not how you guys respond when someone doesn't talk to you?
    • zengonzo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19I prefer a bat. Must be a regional difference ..
      • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Think you're right, I'm in N.C. and prefer a tire iron....
  • Jsmuli2, on 10/16/2007, -0/+175Last time I checked, clerks hate when customers talk to them.

    "I shouldn't even be here today!!"
    • Azuroth, on 10/12/2007, -31/+14You obviously aren't from Texas. Down here, we have this thing we call manners. When someone says hi (howdy), and they will, it's pretty rude not to say anything back. Not that I'm defending the clerk mind you, but when I travel, I'm constantly amazed by how withdrawn everyone is everywhere else. It's like they are afraid of everyone.
      • airquotes, on 10/12/2007, -28/+11texans have manners? saying howdy ***** isnt considered polite
        • qwertydvorak, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6they just don't say "howdy" to THEM.
      • DrTall, on 10/12/2007, -14/+18Why don't you Texans just mind your own ***** business?
      • diblasio, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15You must be from a very...small part of Texas. I mean, who the hell says "howdy"?
        • Monk22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3you must be from a very northern part of the US.
        • gnick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I say howdy all the time. So do a lot of folks around here. And in the last town I lived in. Not even TX.
          What's wrong with howdy?
      • Dhalgren, on 10/11/2007, -7/+43"It's like they are afraid of everyone."
        No, just you Texans walking around with crowbars and saying howdy every 5 seconds and beating anyone who doesn't respond...
        • WilliamDavis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13lol. I just had a political epiphany.
        • MrPeach, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Damnit, that was my comment. Where's my crowbar?
      • doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17"Down here, we have this thing we call manners."

        Even if your code of manners allows the insultee to challenge the insulter to a crowbar duel, I must point out that in this circomstance the formal rules of dueling have not been followed well at all. Not only were there no seconds, the challengee was unarmed.

        That's just bad form.
        • bjs3171, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4"Not that I'm defending the clerk mind you"

          Look I can quote too.
          • lonnieh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"Look I can quote too."

            Look I can quote too.
      • Jsmuli2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Uh dude, having manners is a two way street. just because someone is being rude doesn't justify the another person's rudeness.

      • MrPeach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think he needs defending, he has a crowbar.
      • jxfallout, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2"Down here, we have this thing we call manners."

        So clubbing people who don't say "hello", "thank you", etc... (regardless of whether or not they were aware to them being spoken to) is considered normal?

        HEE-HAW HEE-HAW
    • orangester, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11When I was a cashier I liked it when people chatted with me. Made the day better and go by faster. Although every once in a while you get someone who's job is to be such an ass to you bitching about 50 cents on a $100+ transaction.

      But hitting the guy with a crowbar? Good to see he had his priorities straight.../sarcasm.
      • TheUndertoker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm the exact opposite. When i worked as a cashier, the only thing I did was ring people up. No unnecessary banter was uttered. Most people I know (myself included) hate the 'friendly' type cashier. We just want to get in and get out, not have a 20 minute conversation with the cashier.
    • MrMan42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"If it wasn't for these damn customers, this would be an okay job."
  • xfTwitch, on 10/10/2007, -9/+23I'm just surprised it wasn't at walmart.
    • sexybobo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14It happens alot at walmart but they use walmart crowbars so the other person never gets injured Since they dont use metal to make them.
      • melonhedd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18They DO get poisoned by Chinese plastic, though.
    • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1These comments are "Made In China"
  • usrlocalbin, on 10/10/2007, -22/+8Sometimes I dream about doing that to our users here.
    *Is a Sys Admin*.

    • Psych77, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19*Is an elitist prick*

      Fixed it for you.
    • IHaveIssues, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12That would require your boss allowing to talk to people. Get back in your cubicle and remote control those users!
  • MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1amazing.
  • time4wrk, on 10/10/2007, -10/+35Half-Life?!?
    • NSMike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Except in Half Life, it was the guy with the crowbar that didn't talk.
      • time4wrk, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0true true...so the plot thickens...a crowbar may not have been used had the person just accepted the money without question...
      • time4wrk, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0true true...so the plot thickens...a crowbar may not have been used had the person just accepted the money without question...
    • theillest1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2HAHAHA! Does laughing at this make me a nerd?
      • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, you make you a nerd.....
        • javip, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1theillest.. lol

          WHATUP DAWGGG! Does saying that make me a hardcore gansta? =)
  • ukblacknight, on 10/12/2007, -5/+54Rob D - Clubbed To Deaf
    • yfguitarist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Furious Angels is one of the best albums I've owned.
    • moush, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0that's the dallas maverick's intro song, at least part of it, talk about coincidence
    • whoadave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Except he was already deaf.
  • mynstate, on 10/12/2007, -37/+5Cashier probably had a bad day of rude customers and this deaf jerk was the last straw.
    • sholt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38Oh, well, in that case, basing him with a crowbar seems perfectly rational.
    • GodJustice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Are you seriously trying to make an excuse for this guy hitting someone over the head with a crowbar. Whether it is a deaf person or not... you just don't hit someone over the freakin head.
      • logicalnoise, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11you should always assume sarcasm on the internet it just saves time and frustration.
    • DrewBlood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Whatever happened to giving someone a good old fashioned cussing out?
      • zengonzo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9No good, he wouldn't have heard it.

        But the crowbar .. I think he heard that.
      • clemdionisio, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3dude was deaf, had to get his attention somehow
  • calebhawk, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19please pick this story to be on diggnation... it'd be awesome to see the whole thing played out by alex
  • jdoggxperience, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Isn't it usually the guy who doesn't talk hit people/headcrabs with a crowbar? This is just messed up.
  • jumpo64, on 10/10/2007, -9/+51Texas. Where they hit you in the head with a crowbar for being "rude"

    or

    Texas. The crowbar state.
    • CoolWind, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8Hitting people with a crowbar is considered good manners in Texas.
      • Mark7r0n, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2They send you one with your driver's license.
    • phoggey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I enjoy how they specified "Texas" cashier. Had it been any other state, it would have been disregarded from the title.
    • moush, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2cause texas is the best state, it needs recognition
    • bmystry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I painted my crowbar to make it look more menacing.
  • detales, on 10/10/2007, -12/+45The key word is "Texas" cashier...
    • greenmountain, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2keyword is Texas "jail".
    • chillen, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0wow !!!! hes black and from texas (what a deadly combination)
  • azprofessional, on 10/10/2007, -8/+66America, ***** yeah!!
    • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2not if F.A.G. has anything to say about it!

      (edit: Can't you shee im FACKING BEEZEEY, HANZ BRIX?)
  • grungemunky, on 10/16/2007, -4/+165What kind of ***** clubs a customer with a ***** crowbar for not speaking? He paid for 2 cokes with a 5 dollar bill. All that little ***** had to do was give the man back his change. Speaking doesn't enter into it. *****.
    • Drull, on 10/10/2007, -29/+7OMG RTFA 2 SPRITES NOT COKE OM2G!! DUPE 11' I KNOW KEVIN AND HES GOING TO BAN YOU OGMGOMGOGMOGRMEOGMEOGPGMGPOMOMO.

      Though I do agree with you.
    • RichLatherX23, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5Hey, don't cuss!

      (clubs grungemunky with crowbar)
    • satx, on 10/12/2007, -16/+6They were Sprites not Cokes. God you Southerners annoy me.
      • MrMan42, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3In some areas of the South, the word "Coke" is used as a generic term for soda pop of any variety. You got a problem with colloquialisms (raising his crowbar)?
        • Zarokima, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Having been born, raised, and still living in Louisiana, I can honestly say that yes I do have a very big problem with it. Not only is it annoying as hell having to go to a restaurant and explain that when I say "I want a Coke" I'm not talking about Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, or something else that's not Coke, but I have actually been cussed out for giving someone a Coke when he had actually wanted a Sprite.
        • onewingedangel9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, if by "Coke" they are referring to "Coca Cola" The company, then it would be correct since Sprite is made by Coke.
    • ronaldinho, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2I agree with grungemunky, but I think there might be something missing here. What did the deaf person that got the cashier to bring out a crowbar? My guess is the deaf person gave him a middle finger? Then again, even if that happens, that cashier should not have used a crowbar in any way.
      • luet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Did you even read the effing article? HE DIDN'T HEAR HIM! SO HE DIDN'T TURN AROUND WHEN THE CROWBAR GUY TALKED TO HIM!
      • gromnie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Immediately afterwards, the cashier erased the security tape.

        Presumption of innocence notwithstanding, that says to me the cashier knew he ***** up.
  • dtreichler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43...because he thought clubbing a man was good manners.
  • DeFex, on 10/16/2007, -23/+131I guess the texas state braincell was being used by someone else that day.
  • SillyDigger, on 10/10/2007, -12/+3Free the Fort Worth 1!!!!

    /sarcasm

    you'll get it after you see the mugshot :)
  • GodJustice, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33So does he walk down the street and start bashing skulls because those people aren't talking to him.

    This is some quality human breeding here.
    • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1What more did you expect from an african american?
  • inf0, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Gives new meaning to 'ring me in'...

    • gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What is the original meaning of 'ring me in'?
  • gumby013, on 10/10/2007, -5/+94Reminds me of a militant feminist waitress who screamed at a man for ordering for his wife, because, "Women are perfectly capable of making decisions on their own!" And of course, the man's wife was deaf.
    • ShadowMerchant, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15I always order for my wife, after consulting with her of course. She would consider me rude if I didn't. She'd also have a few choice words and a penny under the plate for any waitress who considered herself a self-appointed arbiter of feminist orthodoxy.
    • spasticjedi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I wouldn't call that feminist, just stupid.
  • boobsbr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9i'm so amazed i gotta say this : W T F ?!
    • MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3wow.. and when i was amazed that someone would be so ***** up i was dugg down.
  • Ventolin, on 10/12/2007, -17/+27Was it necessary to add Texas to the title?
    • brim4brim, on 10/12/2007, -11/+28If ***** happened in Texas didn't it?

      If nobody mentioned where news occurred, it would be a little odd.

      By any chance are you from Texas?
      • BuhSnarf, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4I do believe he was being sarcastic...
      • Ventolin, on 10/10/2007, -8/+9Yes, I am from Texas. Austin, to be exact. I'm just sick of the stereotype we have that we're all alpha-male simpletons.
        • TheDreadDiggerD, on 10/10/2007, -7/+18Given this story, it's deserved.
          • luet, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Where are you from? How would you like if I applied a stereotype to you based on how somebody you live in close proximity with acts?
        • gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I've been through various parts of Texas throughout my life and I have found that the majority of Texans are very courteous, helpful, and (despite the way some people talk about them) can hold rather intelligent conversations. I have never known someone from Texas, or otherwise, to have beat someone with a crowbar for being "rude".
        • gromnie, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3You're the one who chooses to live there. Get used to it.
        • evi1, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Austin is by far a much better place to live than most of America. The rest of Texas now is a little different.

          But what does the digg mob care about facts or petty things like that.
        • bmystry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I'm from Texas and I love beating things with crowbars. I'm going to be beating even more things with a crowbar tomorrow for like four hours.
    • mstoneburner, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12I don't see any other states mentioned in any headlines on the front page, surely, all of these news events are happening SOMEWHERE, right?
    • MtheoryX, on 10/10/2007, -9/+21I'm glad he added Texas to the title. Not only helps the story makes sense, but it adds to the credibility of the story as well.
    • bowens44, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5It wasn't necessary, by most people , it would be assumed.
    • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7Well, considering "Texas" was mentioned in the story, I'm downright surprised the words "Fundie, Neo-Con, Nazi," and "Fascist" weren't used liberally - no pun intended - in the title, description, comments, and reply's.
    • phoggey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6There's no point in asking this question. Part of submitting the article is getting people to click it. Without adding some type of affiliation or background to the woman, this would have gotten much less attention. Texas a is a pretty good one, since we have good sense of humors and have a strong sense of pride.
  • wright3279, on 10/12/2007, -19/+8All Texans are like this! and of course Bush is from Texas. There. Another stupid comment to go with the rest.
  • guinnessstout, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31I wish more customers that were "rude" would not speak. What a nice world that would be.
  • CannedMango, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Don't be rude in TEXAS!! ... bitch
  • pezoamo, on 10/10/2007, -9/+5Say good night Goodnight
  • BradMW, on 10/12/2007, -4/+45Best part of it all - he couldn't scream "don't crowbar me bro."

    Also, Jack Thompson is going to be all over Half-Life on this one.
    • Jon855, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Being deaf doesn't means one cannot speak but given the majority of the deaf people out there - I'll say you are correct still... I know this because I'm deaf myself... Yeah shocking ain't it? At least you cannot crowbar me now.
  • kernel16, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Don't mess with Texas, HAHAHAHAHA, wow seriously this is ***** stupid reaction to 'rudeness.'
  • RichLatherX23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I hope the cashier gets some sense beaten into him.
  • greenmountain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Photo of the clerk here
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21156030/
    • RizenBB, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20I'm prepared to be dugg down, but why am I not surprised?

      There are too many idiots in this world.
      • RollFizzlebeef, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Why are you not surprised...by what?

        Nice one.
        • RizenBB, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13I'm not surprised that it's some young black male who looks like he has a chip on his shoulder. I know lots of kids in this age bracket (I'm only 22) and a lot of them, black and white, have this ***** attitude and want to pick fights with people for no reason.
          • RollFizzlebeef, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3Most excellent racism, congrats.
          • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Why say "black" the first time and "black and white" the second? You've said that the skin tone is irrelevant... Suggestion: Seeming to make a point of it in the first senses raises people's hackles. Don't do that. :P
    • MtheoryX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Jesus, i wouldn't talk to that guy either.
    • jwiegmann, on 10/12/2007, -12/+15BLACK
    • Armitage2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I am so glad that a link that says Story Continues Below leads to a concluding SENTENCE! What a story.
    • zjordan04, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Well there goes all my redneck jokes...
    • darlyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Looks like the typical teenage "gangsta" ...

      By the way, the site is down. Here's a direct link:
      http://images.ibsys.com/2007/1005/14281241_320X240 ...
    • jendeb2010, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Ugh... not what I wanted to see! I thought I had pretty much cured myself of racism, but seeing his black face, coupled with the violence he inflicted on the deaf guy, sort of re-awakened negative feelings for blacks. I hate these feelings, because not all black folks are bad, etc etc.
    • sensoukami, on 10/14/2007, -1/+5I hate to say this...I really do, but ***** I just KNEW the clerk was black....
    • mchugh22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i was a good person and thought it was a white redneck at first, but I better trust my stereotypes in the future.
    • buddyman, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1LMAOF for the flame war towards black people. Im black myself and from europe, and the key point here is ONLY IN AMERICA. Most of you thought it was
      going to be a redneck (a stupid white man). Now when you see he was african-american you say "dammit he was black, now im racist again". You were
      racist all along.

      SO a stupid white man = redneck. A stupid african-american = black. What's Negro?

      I SAY: OH, HE'S AMERICAN! Hahah. Only in america. Only an american could be this fool. You americans are idiots! Hahahah. American!!! United States of APARI's
  • ThomasOkken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27You not talking to me? You not talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the ***** do you think you're not talking to?
  • mstoneburner, on 10/12/2007, -25/+15Black people.
    • hockey, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5FTW?
    • reyfin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Agree..always in the news for something negative pulling 'everyone else' down with them..sad
  • RollFizzlebeef, on 10/10/2007, -13/+7And that, my friends, is how George W. Bush got elected.
    • talikan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8By clubbing people with a crowbar? I don't remember that part of his campaign... but then again, I guess I wouldn't if I was hit in the head with a crowbar.
  • Amablue, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3...
  • FredFredrickson, on 10/10/2007, -5/+32Everything's bigger in Texas... even the assholes.
  • Boomh4u3r, on 10/10/2007, -11/+45(looks at mugshot)...Go figure

    bury me,I don't care
    • enakra, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6Wtf, you get dugg up for being racist?
      • mtvkilledusall, on 10/13/2007, -3/+4What racism? He could have been talking about his dreadlocks for all you know. Way to go.
        • enakra, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Dreadlocks imply violence? Nothing in that photo proves a damn thing.
  • syroncoda, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12wow. there sure are some dumb ***** in texas.
    • skellener, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8One of them is your President.
      • bmystry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Technically he isn't from Texas, he just hung around for a while.
    • trotskyist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There are dumb ***** everywhere.
  • king3vbo, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Only in Texas would something the ludicrous happen
  • BenderFlexo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12WTF, did he think the customer was flashing gang signs?
    • gromnie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3In at least one of the articles about this story, he is quoted as saying he thought Goodnight mumbled a racial slur under his breath.

      Given that he erased the security camera footage immediately after the incident (also reported in several articles), I suspect he figured out he was a wee bit wrong.
  • thecatcantalk, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Golly, I can't imagine where people got this stereotype that the Southwest is populated by lawless trash who can't get through the day without committing at least one violent crime. Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, wtf is wrong with these guys, anyhow?
    • mstoneburner, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Since when is Dallas-Ft. Worth, much less Texas as a whole, located in the Southwest?
      • thecatcantalk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Since we won the whole region in the Mexican-American War. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and most of California were all one territory under U.S. governance, following that war. What now marked on maps as the State of New Mexico (plus the eastern part of what's now Arizona) used to be part of Texas. That's why the entire region is called the "Spanish Southwest".
        Mexico declared war on us in the late 1800s, and promptly lost both that war and the territory enumerated above. Look it up. Or even better, look at a map of the U.S.; what fills the southwestern area of a U.S. map? The states I just named. Q.E.D., thus the term "the Souhwest".
        The points of a compass are not a matter of opinion, but descriptive, so what on earth can you mean by saying that Texas is NOT in the southwestern U.S.? Is it in the northwest, next to Oregon? Is it in the north-midwest, next to Michigan, or Illinois? Is it in the northeast, over by New Hampshire? Is it in the southeast, near Georgia or perhaps Florida? Is it in the central plains, next to Kansas? No, it's in the southwest. What's so confusing?
        • mstoneburner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm confused why you can't grasp a concept as basic as South Central....
  • Static30, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Well you like like a fine young man, sure you can work at the FAMILY DOLLAR.
    And that's why I support profiling for new hires.
    He probably didn't use a gun because he was on probation.
  • bjs3171, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3This reminds me of a recent scene in 'Weeds' where the kid at summer school is punching Shane in the stomach because he doesn't want to be "saved". by Jesus, of course.
  • flippedcracker, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2where is forth worth?
    • Machismo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Next to Dallas. These two major cities are part of the same metroplex. People rarely say "I'm from Dallas/Fort Worth" but rather Dallas-Forth Worth or DFW for short.
      Dallas tends to be a mixed bag and Fort Worth a bit wealthier (and more ignorant, apparently).
    • mtvkilledusall, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3http://maps.google.com
    • obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If it was up your ass eating a ham sandwich, bet you'd know where it was....
      "Don't mess with Texas"
  • headphonz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20screw jail..it won't help and costs too much money to taxpayers...

    just give the deaf guy his own crow bar and lock him in a room with the guy for 10 min
    • MrSilverblood, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I LOVE that idea. Payback's a bitch, and that should be the guy's punishment.
    • nohoida, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The Deaf Liberation Front probably has taken the matter into their own hands.
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