I can’t fathom the idea of a multi billion dollar corporation having an employee arrested over $110 worth of fruit cups and chicken. It’s not like he was the mastermind behind an embezzlement scam or anything. Just fire the kid and take the $110 out of his last check.

Aside from it just being a shitty thing to do I would think the terrible PR from such a thing would be enough for them to not want to cause a whole scandal about it.

The smug look on that managers face makes the whole thing 100 times more disgusting.

Edit: it appears that this manager knew about the small thefts for months and never once gave the employee any type of warning or corrective action. They actually watched him and waited over multiple months for these minor incidents to FINALLY add up to over $100 so that they could have him arrested. Apparently they cannot involve law enforcement until the theft reaches a certain amount.

Clearly this manager just gets off on this sort of thing and never cared about the theft or the employee

https://deadlinedetroit.com/articles/33083/starkman_michigan-based_meijer_achieves_new_low_in_corporate_inhumanity_with_arrest_of_teen_worker

He’s still mad that Schwarzenegger took over The Celebrity Apprentice

People leave town. They’re like, ‘OK well it’s a crime to camp here,’” he said, adding he believed many were in shelters.

So they’re not actually doing anything to help anyone, they’re just hoping everyone moves on and then it can be someone else’s problem. That seems pretty on brand for conservatives

Are suggesting that masked gunmen randomly murdering innocent people in line at the DMV is somehow not newsworthy?

“Sorry guys, the spending freeze wasn’t supposed to be announced yet! It’s supposed to be part of a larger plan later this year meant to kickstart a ‘The Purge’ type situation which we think will be really great for the American people! Stay tuned and we’ll have more info in the coming months! Be on the lookout for Armageddon 26, and let’s make America GREAT again!”

Clarence Thomas is a bribe accepting crooked hypocrite who falls to pieces the second the doesn’t get what he wants. How is this news? I thought everyone knew that already?

I have pointy teeth and slicey teeth specifically meant for eating meat. Eating any amount of meat apparently will give me type 2 diabetes immediately.

So the point of this article is that god DOES exist, and he’s a sadistic prick?

Is that really news at this point though?

Do racist bigots deserve a good punch in the nose? Sure they do! Can we just walk around punching everyone who makes us mad though? No. That would result in everyone getting punched twice a day at least

It’s definitely a fucked up sentence and he should have been released by now, but this headline is very misleading. He didn’t get arrested for “stealing a cigarette”, he got arrested for strong arm robbery. He was also a repeat offender who had previously been arrested for assault and theft. He for sure needed to go to jail, just not indefinitely