Actions have consequences

[CatWoman]

LSEG Fires Staffer After Video Shows Him Following a Black Teen

(Bloomberg) -- London Stock Exchange Group Plc terminated an employee after it investigated a “concerning video” of him following a Black teen around what his mother said was his Florida neighborhood.

The company terminated Stephen Carega after he was identified in a video in which he and his neighbors followed a Black teen while he walked around his neighborhood, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“The individual involved was initially suspended while we investigated the matter,” an LSEG spokesperson said in a statement, which did not name Carega. “The investigation has now concluded, and the individual’s employment has been terminated.”

A Florida woman posted a string of videos this week that she said were taken by her son while he was on a walk around their neighborhood after Hurricane Milton had left them without power in their home.

In the videos, several men follow her son around and repeatedly ask him what he’s doing in what they call a gated neighborhood and call him names including “loser.” One complained about his wife’s interaction with the teen.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lseg-fires-staffer-video-shows-204743892.html

Here's the video in question:

Link to tweet

[Cirsium]

1. So familiar

"What's goin' on, buddy?" The tone of voice, the facial expression, the body language, the clothes, the car improperly parked askew like that with the door left open...

[CatWoman]

2. i've seen other threads and posts accusing the young man of casing homes to burgle

shades of Trayvon Martin

[Cirsium]

4. Here?

Have people been accusing the young man of casing homes to burgle here?

[CatWoman]

5. yes

it's in the comments section of the linked story

[malaise]

3. Trayvon wasn't that lucky

Glad they fired that racist’s ass