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Last week a video went viral on social media that depicted a mother being confronted by a Mississippi Walmart employee and others because she’d brought her son to the store in just a diaper in freezing temperatures.
You can see the video here:
The woman was arrested by police for child neglect and her child was taken from her.
But then we find out from The Publica today that Walmart fired the employee that confronted the woman:
But distressingly, the concerned Walmart employee whose courageous confrontation resulted in the arrest has been terminated.
Felicia Nicole detailed what happened after the camera stopped rolling in a GoFundMe page she established to help her cover living expenses while she is without employment.
“I took it upon myself to record it for the [child’s] sake. No I wasn’t thinking about the consequences … At that time my main focus was on that innocent poor child, and to get him some help,” Nicole wrote on the GoFundMe page.
She confirms that she posted the video on her Facebook account because she hoped to reach family members of Darby or any case workers who might be involved with Darby’s child. According to Nicole’s account of the events that followed, her video received over 3,000 shares within an hour of posting and her manager called her asking her to take it down, to which she complied. When she came back to work on January 20, she was fired during her shift.
In a statement to the Messenger, a spokesperson from Walmart stated the company shared the concern for the child from the video, adding “we don’t discuss personnel matters involving current or former associates.”
They went on to explain employees are “encouraged and empowered” to use judgment when contacting authorities upon seeing something concerning, “however all associates are also expected to follow the Walmart Code of Conduct.”
Nicole’s GoFundMe set a goal of raising $5,000 but has since amassed over $24,000 in the four days it has been live with over 900 people contributing. In an update from January 26, Nicole thanks those who have donated and showed support explaining she will be able to pay her rent and utilities for months, stock up on food, and buy the car she “always wanted.”
It appears she was arrested because she posted the video online. Walmart clearly didn’t like it but, on the other side of the coin, people do and are giving this woman plenty of money to get buy until she gets another job. As I write this, her Gofundme is up to over $29k.