About a dozen people, some of them representing Atlanta community groups, called for a boycott of Waffle House at the company’s headquarters in Norcross on Monday.
It was a tense meeting as Waffle House management supported employees who called the police on 25-year-old Chikesia Clemons on April 22. Three white officers at a Waffle House in Saraland, Alabama, arrested Clemons, who is African-American.
During the arrest, Clemons was slammed to the ground and her breasts were exposed during the process. One of the officers can also be heard yelling he will break Clemons’ arm. A video of the arrest went viral and caught the attention of advocacy groups in Atlanta.
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