[RealJustme]

Clinton Tarver has been serving hot dogs to hungry locals in downtown Lansing, Mich., for the last five years, but a brush this week with a pro-union protest literally upended his small business in a matter of minutes.

During a protest against right-to-work legislation in Michigan's capital, Tarver’s catering supplies were destroyed when demonstrators tore down his operation where he was serving food, they then destroyed his equipement. They asked him which union he belong to and Tarver explained he was self employed and didn't belong to a union, that's when they started destroying his business.

He described the action that ensued as “violent.” “I kept explaining that I was just here to do a job, that I wasn’t on anybody’s side, but when people started calling me porch nigger and other racial slurs, my friend who works at the Capitol told me I had to get out of there, so I was forced to crawl out, I kept wondering why the police didn't stop them?” said Tarver, who is black.

[Lace69]

Very sad.

[lumpster]

Tarver had been hired by the conservative, anti-union group to cater in the tent the group set up.

When the tent came down, allegedly at the hands of pro-union protesters, Tarver and his catering equipment were caught inside.

His cart was not on-site, Linda said.

She estimates the equipment losses totaled at least $500; other losses include supplies, condiments, coolers and food. He crawled out of the tent.

Tarver, who is black, was also the victim of racially-charged verbal attacks, his wife, Linda, said.

On her Facebook page, she wrote that union protesters called her husband "an Uncle Tom [n-word]" when he attempted to retrieve his equipment from the collapsed tent.

"When he came back to get his stuff, people called him the n-word," she said. "They said he deserved what he got and he was on the wrong side. I think they thought he was part of [Americans for Prosperity]."

But Clint is not a political man, she said; she herself is, and has been involved with Americans for Prosperity.

Community members have rallied in support, raising more than $10,000 to replace Tarver's damaged equipment and offset losses.

"We're just overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers and donations and generosity," she said.

As for her husband, he is fine, she said.

"He really showed to me a great restraint and humility," she said. "He didn't get in a fist fight; he didn't let the loss ... really take the best of him."


http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index ... leges.html


They knew what was going to happen to that man they put him there just for that.. I smell setup for a sob story.. Why would a consevitive group hire him to put him in known harms way? They've been refering to union workers as thugs for years. So they knew if they put a non-union person there it was going to be trouble.. Now I do feel sorry for the old man maybe he knew there would be trouble also that's why he left his main cart at home and only lost 500 dollars of equipment..

[BilboBagend]

$500.00 his employer should compensate him for fully.

[lumpster]

$500.00 his employer should compensate him for fully.

Im sure they did because it was all planned to look good

[RealJustme]

They knew what was going to happen to that man they put him there just for that.. I smell setup for a sob story.. Why would a consevitive group hire him to put him in known harms way?

You mean they should have expected union thugs would attack the person who catered the food? Damn conservatives should have never hired a black man to cater the food, doing so proves they're racist. As soon as they saw the cater was black they should have told him to get his black ass out of their tent, that would have been the right thing to do. That black man set the poor union guys off.

[BilboBagend]

Actually, if I were like justupid or others of the far radical reactionary paranoid right, I would say it was an inside job. A claim that would be as false as justupid's.

I won't do that. I will just point out the lies and hypocrisy of the radical reactionary paranoid liars.

[RealJustme]

Notice how Bilbo supports the union member's right to destroy the black man's shop and call him porch nigger even though he doesn't feel it was a set up.

[lumpster]

This guy was on Hannity today telling story I'm sure he got his 500 bucks back

[RealJustme]

Yep Lumpster he'll get his $500.00 back but what about his dignity? They made the poor old guy crawl while calling him racist names. My question is where is Jessie Jackson, Holder and other calling for the FBI to investigate this as a hate crime. There should be riots in the gettos until everyone of those KKK union thugs are put behind bars. I'm not even black but the way racist way they treated that poor black man who was just trying to make a living really pisses me off.

[lumpster]

Yep Lumpster he'll get his $500.00 back but what about his dignity? They made the poor old guy crawl while calling him racist names. My question is where is Jessie Jackson, Holder and other calling for the FBI to investigate this as a hate crime. There should be riots in the gettos until everyone of those KKK union thugs are put behind bars. I'm not even black but the way racist way they treated that poor black man who was just trying to make a living really pisses me off.

Something tells me he knew he was being used to be made a victim of just so that he could make a point. Why would an Anti-Union group care of a group of union workers ate or not.. I'd even go so far as to say the entire thing was staged to start with to make it look as if they were union folks who did it.. They weren't checking union cards..

[Shimmer]

Lumpy,

Do you really believe that the thuggery of the union members was a false flag operation? Overall most union members in the country are pretty peaceful even when it comes to right to work, but in many places, this kind of thuggery is common. Here in NC there is a company that was offering a bunch of workers a crappy contract so a union stepped in to iron out better benefits and pay for union members. That's all well and good but in the contract the workers have to either join the union or pay a fee to work equal to union dues there if they don't want to be union. Personally I would be happy to see unions go.

[RealJustme]

SEIU Collecting Dues from Medicaid Payments Meant for Disabled Kids

Joel Gehrke at the Washington Examiner reports:

If you're a parent who accepts Medicaid payments from the State of Michigan to help support your mentally-disabled adult children, you qualify as a state employee for the purposes of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). They can now claim and receive a portion of your Medicaid in the form of union dues.

Robert and Patricia Haynes live in Michigan with their two adult children, who have cerebral palsy. The state government provides the family with insurance through Medicaid, but also treats them as caregivers. For the SEIU, this makes them public employees and thus members of the union, which receives $30 out of the family's monthly Medicaid subsidy. The Michigan Quality Community Care Council (MQC3) deducts union dues on behalf of SEIU.

The SEIU takes $6 million a year that would otherwise go to helping disabled children.

[lumpster]

Lumpy,

Do you really believe that the thuggery of the union members was a false flag operation? Overall most union members in the country are pretty peaceful even when it comes to right to work, but in many places, this kind of thuggery is common. Here in NC there is a company that was offering a bunch of workers a crappy contract so a union stepped in to iron out better benefits and pay for union members. That's all well and good but in the contract the workers have to either join the union or pay a fee to work equal to union dues there if they don't want to be union. Personally I would be happy to see unions go.

Why would an anti-union group want to feed union member? I don't think I could even trust the food..

[RealJustme]

Why would an anti-union group want to feed union member? I don't think I could even trust the food..

Lumpster if anyone would poison the food, we both know it would the union thugs, not the people wanting to give people "choices" whether to join a union or not without that choice affecting their abilities to get a job in the State.