(please pass it on.... Is this how you want your relative to be treated by anyone?) It doesn't matter if disagree... this is WRONG.
Woman harassed 74-year-old man for wearing MAGA hat in Starbucks: 'Get the f*** out of my town'
Elise Solé,Yahoo Lifestyle
11 hours ago
On Monday, Palo Alto local Rebecca Parker Mankey told her followers on Facebook that she reamed out a 74-year-old man, reportedly named Victor F., at Starbucks for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
“Anybody in Palo Alto knows this freak,”
Mankey wrote alongside
photos of the man. “He was sitting in Starbucks. I think he lives in
Palo Alto. He will never forget me and will think seriously about
wearing that hat in my town ever again. If you see him in this hat,
please confront him. You do not want to be the person who didn’t speak
up as we slipped into fascism.”
She continued, “I yelled at him. Called the entire Starbucks to order
and yelled at him more about how it is not ok to hate brown people. He
threatened to call the cops. I left after yelling at him some more.”
After her lunch break, Mankey said she returned to Starbucks. “I
went back in and yelled that I had changed my mind and wanted him to
call the police because I wanted to know his name, where he lived, his
wife’s name, and where his kids went to school,” she wrote.
Mankey said she followed Victor outside yelling to “Get the f*** out of my town and never come back.”
“It is the duty of every white person in America to stand up to this
every time they see it,” wrote Mankey. “Don’t be the person who does
nothing to protect our brothers and sisters from this hatred. It is not
OK.”
According to
KPIX CBS,
Mankey pledged to “publicly shame” the man and “try to get him fired,”
writing, “I am going to go to his house and march up and down carrying a
sign that says he hates black people. I am going to organize protests
where he works to make him feel as unsafe as he made every brown person
he met today.”
A woman named Amy of the Twitter account “Right Hook USA” tweeted
Tuesday, “Parker Mankey is doxxing an old man on Facebook because he
wore a MAGA hat in public.” Amy called Mankey’s husband’s boss “to show
them the violence their employees’ wife is promoting.”
Amy tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “I was extremely disturbed when I
learned that an elderly man was being humiliated and harassed in public
by a vicious bully. I was even more saddened to learn that this gentle
old Jewish man has been a pillar in the Palo Alto community for over
forty years. I hope and pray that this incident leads to greater
tolerance and respect among all Americans, instead of greater hatred and
rage.”
Worried someone would hurt the elderly man, Amy called the Palo Alto Police Department. A police spokesperson tells Yahoo Lifestyle there is no incident report on file because a victim has not come forward.
Worried someone would hurt the elderly man, Amy called the Palo Alto Police Department. A police spokesperson tells Yahoo Lifestyle there is no incident report on file because a victim has not come forward.
On Wednesday, Victor told
KPIX CBS,
“This crazy woman came over and started raving at me. She turned
to the rest of Starbucks and said, ‘Hey everybody, here’s this racist
over here. He hates brown people, he’s crazy, he’s a Nazi,’ and so
forth.” Victor wears a yarmulke under his
MAGA hat.
Mankey and her husband closed down their Facebook pages.
On Tuesday, Gryphon Stringed Instruments, where Mankey worked as an accountant, wrote, “We would like to make it clear that we do not condone harassment or hate speech of any kind. We are currently addressing the matter internally. Thank you for your concern.”
On Tuesday, Gryphon Stringed Instruments, where Mankey worked as an accountant, wrote, “We would like to make it clear that we do not condone harassment or hate speech of any kind. We are currently addressing the matter internally. Thank you for your concern.”
Later, the store added, “The employee in
question has been terminated. Gryphon does not believe anyone should be
harassed or subject to hate speech no matter their beliefs.
Music has
historically been something that has brought people of diverse socio-political backgrounds together.”
On Tuesday, an organization called Bayshore Progressive Democrats, reportedly co-chaired by Mankey, said she and her family were getting death threats. “Parker
felt strongly that she wanted to use her privilege as a white woman to
stand up for those who are living in fear because of the hateful
atmosphere fostered by Trump,” read a website statement. “Unfortunately,
the manner in which she chose to stand up against a slogan that stands
for racism led to an even stronger hateful response that has endangered
her and her family.”
Mankey resigned from the organization the next day. “Earlier
today, the officers of the Bayshore Progressive Democrats (BPD)
received and accepted Parker Mankey’s resignation as co-chair,
officer, and member of our organization,” according to another
statement.
“From the standpoint of BPD, this matter is now closed. Bayshore
Progressive Democrats seeks a world that works for everyone, where all
humans have a chance to realize their full potential and to live lives
of dignity. Harassment and abuse are inconsistent with these values, and
we reject the use of such tactics in civil society.”
A Starbucks representative tells Yahoo Lifestyle
that employees at the California Avenue location weren’t aware of the
incident until both Mankey and Victor left.
