A Big Sandy, Texas man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his civil rights and “religious freedom” were violated when a “negroidal” bag packer attempted to bag his groceries. He reportedly was “perplexed” when it happened a second time a few days later, expecting his first complaint to have been honored by the private Texas grocery store owner.
“Wait a minute, don’t touch my groceries. I can’t have someone negroidal touch my food. It’s against my creed,” DeWitt R. Thomas claims he told the grocery store employees, according to his nine-page handwritten lawsuit, filed in federal court.
(Apparently, Thomas uses the word “negroidal” to mean African-American or Black.)
“My question is, why after I told them how I felt and that it was against my creed did this negroid try to impress himself upon me and try to handle my groceries again.†Thomas said, according to a report in the News-Journal:
Thomas said his religious beliefs are based on Vedism, which he said encompasses Hinduism.
“Vedism translates into knowledge. I am not this way because I am ignorant. Ignorance is the enemy,†he said.
Thomas said he has not broken any laws and was exercising his religious freedom and the rights he has been given.
“White people are to be protected under the civil rights law just as anyone else,†Thomas said. “It would be the same as if you asked that a congoid (a person from west/central Africa) not touch your food.â€
The store owner, Keith Langston, of Two Rivers Grocery & Market, has banned Thomas from his store, and Thomas is also suing him for that — and is claiming Langston violated his civil rights when he was locked in the store. Langston says Thomas was not locked but was shopping as the store was closing for the evening.
While waiting for the police, an employee locked the doors, and the lawsuit claims Thomas was “unlawfully restrained.â€
Thomas said Langston broke the law the night he locked him in the store.
“We were closing, and I don’t know of a business that doesn’t lock their doors when they close. It keeps more people from coming in,†Langston said.
Thomas said he doesn’t understand why he had to deal with the same situation twice.
“My question is, why after I told them how I felt and that it was against my creed did this negroid try to impress himself upon me and try to handle my groceries again.†Thomas said.
Thomas said his religious beliefs are based on Vedism, which he said encompasses Hinduism.
“Vedism translates into knowledge. I am not this way because I am ignorant. Ignorance is the enemy,†he said.
Thomas said he has not broken any laws and was exercising his religious freedom and the rights he has been given.
“White people are to be protected under the civil rights law just as anyone else,†Thomas said. “It would be the same as if you asked that a congoid (a person from west/central Africa) not touch your food.â€
Thomas’ based his claim that his civil rights were violated on that criminal trespass order. He also said Langston is wrong for trying to tell him who can touch his groceries and refusing to serve him.
“When I go through (a store) and buy groceries, those groceries become my property,†Thomas said.
Langston said he is not trying to tell Thomas what to believe or how to live, but his store is a privately owned business.
“He was banned because he was using racial slurs, but he has turned it into a religious thing,†Langston said.
 Via: The Political Carnival