(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A Target security guard was seen on video punching a woman in the face after she came into the store demanding $1,000 in reparations from the big-box store, the Daily Caller reported.
According to law enforcement officials from the Blue Ash Police Department in Ohio, the security guard, Zach Cotter, acted in self-defense when he was confronted by the hysterical consumer, Karen Ivery, back in October of 2022.
Ivery initially attempted to confront the store manager, walking “aggressively” towards him and prompting Cotter to step in to mediate the situation, eventually needing to defend himself with force.
According to the police report, Ivery became very confrontational with the police as well once they arrived, and refused to recount her actions.
“Physically, I’m okay. Emotionally, I’m very very angry,” Ivery told police before being jailed for one day and paying a $110 fine.
She claimed to be advancing the cause of civil rights by demanding free merchandise from the chain.
“I know the heart of this place,” Ivery said of Target.
“[Target] is the right place for me to have this conversation,” she added, telling Target employees, “this is my Rosa Parks moment, dude. Don’t play with me.”
Ivery’s actions reflect a larger trend among the nation’s minorities, who have increasingly looked to the state to supply them with reparations, or at least allow them to loot retail stores without consequence.
In cities like San Francisco, California, reparation payment plans have made serious political headway, with the Left justifying them on the grounds that they will help stimulate the economy.
“I expect it to have a positive impact on the economy, to go beyond the dominant messaging that reparations is a handout or that black people aren’t good with money,” Kamilah Moore, the ringleader of the San Francisco reparations task force, told Al Sharpton.
“[Reparations] will work to close the lineage/racial wealth gap, which would in turn stimulate the economy, via the proliferation of African Americans being able to buy a home or vehicle, open a business, and/or contribute to the existing economy.”
