Circuit City Clerk should not be afraid of being a hero
Imagine if you were working a counter handling video-to-DVD requests and you got a mini-cassette tape showing a group of bearded men wearing "fundamentalist attire" and shooting guns. For ninety minutes, you see them screaming "God is great!" as they practice their gunfire at a target range. Would you do something about it?
The teenage clerk at the Circuit City store did not know what to do. He told his co-worker about it. He was afraid that he was discriminating someone or being "racist" about it. The clerk then talked to his manager before deciding to call 911.
It set in motion a 16-month undercover investigation that led to the arrest and capture of six men trying to launch an attack on the military facility Fort Dix.
After news broke that federal authorities arrested the six foreign-born Muslims, the teen clerk went into hiding -- not coming to work or going to school until the situation blew over.
Do not be scared. You did what was right, and you acted on instinct. If CAIR screams about discrimination and racism, screw them.
Comments
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: May 14, 2007 02:36 PM
If they'd been white militiamen talking about taking down the government, nobody would be screaming racism...and the kid probably wouldn't have a reasonable fear of reprisals.