Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governance. Giselle Barreto Fitterman, who is married to John Fitterman, told CNN the incident happened Sunday evening. Faterman posts a two-second video on his Twitter account, in which a white woman is seen lowering her mask as she walks through the open car window of Faterman saying “You’re a **** R”. Fitterman was born in Brazil.
The CNN did not identify the woman in the video, but Fitterman told CNN. Told her that she ran to the store to get the gold kiwis while the woman waited in line to give the money while the woman started harassing her.
“A woman walks up behind me and stops and looks in front of me, and then says, ‘Hey, there’s the n-word that married Faterman. And, he said you’re not here, and he I’m called a thief, and some have called. “And she kept walking, went to the other wing, came back, said a little more,” said Fitterman.
She approached Fitterman as she was backing up from her parking lot. The woman came out of the store without groceries, just her purse, and started screaming, Fitterman told CNN.
“I was still crying and shaking, and that’s when I was able to record the last few seconds of her tirade when I said goodbye. So you can see in the video, my car is really moving. I’m trying to go. “I was,” she said.
Fitterman went to the store without the security details of his Pennsylvania state troopers, who said he had apologized. He said he was able to take a photograph of the woman’s license plate, which he gave details of his security.
CNN Pennsylvania State Police and Forest Hills Police, where the store is located, reached out for additional information but received no response. CNN reached out to the store’s corporate arm where she was shopping.
The incident happened at the Forest Hills Aldi location, the chain confirmed. In a statement, Aldi criticized the woman’s actions and said she was “no longer welcome” to shop at her stores.
“We must stand together against racism in the United States. We do not tolerate harassment, discrimination or abuse of our customers or employees, and we condemn it in all its forms,” the statement said. . ” “We’re reaching out to another lady today to reiterate our stance, and make sure she feels safe and welcome in our stores at any time.”
“Speech of racism and hatred is always unacceptable, and unacceptable to the people of Pennsylvania. No Pennsylvanian should ever be disliked in our Commonwealth because of their race or ethnicity. And that – and every Pennsylvanian – deserves our respect, even when there is a dire need for unity, often by people who just want to further divide this country.
Fitterman, who says her family fled a violent situation in Brazil when she was younger, said she regularly makes “ugly comments”, but that it usually happens online or via email, not in public. She called the whole experience “shocking” and “sarcastic”.
“I know this woman does not represent the majority. I love this country,” he told CNN. “If anything, it makes me want to fight hard for my country. But it was a moment that made me scared as a child.”
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