Man wears KKK hood to grocery store after county orders public to wear masks

[ElectricBlanketFire]

This guy needs to social distance immediately.

Officials in San Diego County are condemning a man who was pictured wearing a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood while shopping at a supermarket, one day after the city implemented a new coronavirus health order requiring everyone to cover their faces when entering a business, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Pictures of the man wearing the white hood while shopping inside a Vons store in the San Diego County city of Santee began circulating on social media over the weekend. At least one photo also shows the man, who appears to be white and middle-aged, standing behind a cart without a hood.

A corporate spokeswoman for the grocery store told the Los Angeles Times that employees repeatedly asked the shopper to remove the hood or leave the store.

When a supervisor asked the man once he was in a checkout line to take off the hood or leave, the man removed the hood, purchased his items and left the store.

"This was a disturbing incident for our associates and customers, and we are reviewing with our team how to best handle such inappropriate situations in the future," Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Vons, told the LA Times.

The incident has prompted outrage from the mayor, the head of the Anti-Defamation League in San Diego and others.

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[Deleted member 42055]

My friend sent this to me this morning I hoped beyond hope that it was Photoshop. Damn

 

[sapien85]

Totally about freedoms and not about racism and sedition!

 

[Speevy]

Flu Klux Klan too literally

 

[WedgeX]

No one arrested the terrorist parading around in public?

 

[Volimar]

 

[sapien85]

My friend sent this to me this morning I hoped beyond hope that it was Photoshop. Damn

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On the one hand I wish this would be a thing on every racist so I can tell them apart in society. On the other hand do I want to know how prevalent it is?

 

[jayu26]

"Honey, I can't find my mask."

"Just wear your damn hood. And don't forget to buy mayonnaise."

 

[Ambient80]

"Hah, I'll show them!" says man who went from being unknown to being a KKK member in a national article.

 

[L Thammy]

Did he have the mask already?

 

[Deleted member 21411]

They want to make a show of it. Something funny about white racists really wanting to feel discriminated against, it's like their wet dream

 

[TaySan]

I wish shit like this could get you arrested. KKK are a terrorist group.

 

[Slayven]

Yeah just happens to have a klan hood

 

[Phantom_Snake]

Unfortunate that he still got his groceries. I would've kicked him out and he could've came back in and re-shop for his groceries.

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[Deleted member 54292]

when it is the only mask ya own what are ya supposed to do?

 

[entremet]

Camo styled shirt and probably couldn't outrun a turtle lol.

 

[Ahti]

Some German right wing assholes are doing the same.

Neonazis: Mit Ku-Klux-Klan-Maske im Supermarkt - Störungsmelder

Einkaufen in der Kluft des Ku-Klux-Klan: Eine verstörende Aktion von Neonazis in Thüringen ist jetzt ein Fall für die Polizei. Die Hintermänner wollen provozieren - und Geld daran verdienen.

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[captive]

On the other hand do I want to know how prevalent it is?

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no, no you don't.

straight white male here, you would be surprised what happens when a bunch of other straight white males get on a phone call together and "everyone" thinks they're "safe" to talk how they really think and talk.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

How kind of the grocery store to actually give him the option.

He should have immediately been escorted from the store and banned for life, but they let it happen, and he got what he wanted.

 

[Speevy]

If I worked at that store, I would offer him every tomato.

 

[Sanjuro]

But was he buying Hoodsies while wearing the hood?

 

[T002 Tyrant]

Unless this was a poor in taste joke or hidden camera show, what the fuck?

 

[sapien85]

"Hah, I'll show them!" says man who went from being unknown to being a KKK member in a national article.

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One step closer to a job in the Trump administration.

 

[Doc Kelso]

Maybe it's just me but it feels like certain individuals benefit more from "Violence is not the answer" than others. This dude got lucky he made it out of that store without a fight tbqh.

 

[Ryan.]

I like to imagine he's probably one of those from Django Unchained and that he's having trouble opening that bag

 

[Rizific]

and thats why Santee is known as Klantee by the locals.

 

[Optional Objectives]

and thats why Santee is known as Klantee by the locals.

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Exactly. SoCal unfortunately has racism that's just as virulent as the rest of this stupid fucking country.

 

[ErichWK]

Of fucking course it's in Santee. Fucking hate Santee.

 

[Elfgore]

On the one hand I wish this would be a thing on every racist so I can tell them apart in society. On the other hand do I want to know how prevalent it is?

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It would be interesting to know for sure how prevalent the mega-racists are compared to the casual ones.

 

[Aurica]

I'd slash his tires.

 

[bionic77]

Unfortunate that he still got his groceries. I would've kicked him out and he could've came back in and re-shop for his groceries.

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I feel like I would be really taken off guard if some crazy shit like that went down at a place i worked at.

And if I was younger I probably wouldn't know how to confront him properly.

Feel bad for the people that work there. The just want to do their jobs, not deal with stupid assholes coming in with klan hoods trying to fuck up everyone's shit.

 

[AliceAmber]

The manager really should have stepped in and kicked them out of the building. Absolutely horrific.

 

[MIMIC]

So they let him get all the way to the checkout line before he was asked to remove his hood? Fuck that.

 

[Deleted member 1476]

This guy when the backlash hits:

"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."

 

[Bjones]

no one is looking at him? what a town...

 

[Heshinsi]

His MAGA hat was being washed so he grabbed the next best thing.

 

[rsfour]

So they let him get all the way to the checkout line before he was asked to remove his hood? Fuck that.

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seriously.

 

[Forerunner]

Santee

 

[Voytek]

Well it was probably the only mask he owned lol

 

[Violence Jack]

He's lucky people didn't try to beat his ass.

 

[infinitebento]

homeboy asking to catch hands with that bullshit

 

[ArrogantBastard]

I like to imagine he's probably one of those from Django Unchained and that he's having trouble opening that bag

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Lol, just had to watch this scene again. Shits hilarious.

OT: Like you seriously just had one of those laying the fuck around? You thought, hmm I'm going to show these fuckers, if you make me wear a mask I'm going to wear a KKK hood, that'll show em!

 

[Merc_]

Not remotely surprised it's Santee.

 

[someday]

Yeah just happens to have a klan hood

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mmhmmm

 

[808s & Villainy]

Some people are just asking to be jumped

 

[Gaf Zombie]

He's lucky people didn't try to beat his ass.

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Yeah, I can't imagine someone pulling this stunt here in Chicago. Maybe Mt. Greenwood

 

[sonder]

Santee has a known history of white supremacism and racially motivated attacks, earning it the nicknames "Klantee," and "Santucky," according to the LA Times.

welp.


he should try that in ny. i'd pay money to watch.

 

[Ballou]

So they let him get all the way to the checkout line before he was asked to remove his hood? Fuck that.

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The grocery workers are probably just trying to get through the day without having to interact closely with anyone in the store and potentially catch the virus. Then this psycho shows up. Just an absolute worthless POS.

 

[ArrogantBastard]

Reading further on this, they actually allowed the guy to stay in the store and purchase his shit? Yah okay, you got him to remove it in the check out line. I would have told the pos to leave and never come back.

 

[Claire Delune]

Real masks on moment there.