The man who tore a Pride flag off the wall of a Starbucks after throwing his tea on the gay rights symbol has been fired from his job and now acknowledges making “poor decisions that led to my rightful arrest and termination from my career.”
Tucker Kemp, 31, was busted in late-October following an incident at a Starbucks in St. Petersburg, Florida, not far from where he worked as a sales manager for the Dignity Memorial funeral home chain.
Kemp, cops reported, told a Starbucks manager he was “offended by the flag and the fact that they should put up an American flag.” Kemp subsequently “decided to take matters in his own hand,” according to an arrest report. He doused the Pride flag with his drink, ripped it off the wall, and then stuffed it in the trash.
Kemp, seen at right, was arrested for criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, and spent a few hours in jail before his wife Kelli posted $500 bond. Police estimated that Kemp caused about $210 in damages to the Starbucks wall and the flag.
Kemp was was arrested for a few hours, and his wife posted a $500 bond. Kemp must be crying about those $210.
If nothing else, he can go home and get rid of that "beard."
Can't say I blame him, but I think most reasonable people might just look at the flag and say to themselves, "I think I'll buy my coffee elsewhere." Going wacko over the whole thing isn't the best idea he's had, I'm sure. Looks like he doesn't have much dignity to memorialize.
ReplyDeleteBTW, isn't being in the sales side of a funeral home kind of creepy in and of itself? I wonder if he does "cold calls?"
Heh, nicely stated!
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