When Chikesia Clemons dining at a Waffle House refused to pay 50 cents extra for plastic utensils, she ended up tackled on the ground by Alabama police officers, according to the woman’s stepfather and recorded video of the incident.
An Alabama woman was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed inside a Waffle House over plastic utensils.
Chikesia Clemons, 25, and her friend Canita Adams placed an order at a Waffle House in Mobile, Alabama April 22, according to The Root. When Clemons asked for utensils an employee told her that she’d be charged 50 cents in addition to what they were paying.
Clemons and Adams began to ask the employee why they were being charged for utensils when they weren’t charged the night before. At that, the employee canceled the order and Clemons asked for information to contact the district manager for that Waffle House.
As they waited for the district manager information, cops entered the store. On a video, a white police officer can be seen dragging Clemons from her seat to the floor as he sat on top of her.
“They didn’t even ask her to leave, she was waiting for them to give her the district manager’s card so she could file a complaint on one of the waitresses,” said Chiquitta Clemons-Howard, Clemons mother. “When they went to go get the card, that’s when the police showed up. The officer should’ve come in and said, ‘We need you to leave.'”
During the scuffle, both Clemons and Adams can be heard asking the cops what Clemons did.
“What are you doing,” asked Clemons. One officer replied, “I’ll break your arm, that’s what I’m about to do.”
Clemons was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Her mother paid a $1,000 bond to get her out of jail.