Who knew a banana could cause so much ruckus? According to a Florida woman, that piece of fruit nearly cost her father his life after police violently arrested him after he was accused of shoplifting from a grocery store.
Last Tuesday, 55-year-old Joseph Lee and his daughter, Anjelica, were at a laundromat near a Save A Lot in Lakeland, Fla. Angelica told NBC News she was washing her clothes when her father’s legs and arms began to cramp up because of an infection. To soothe the pain, he needed potassium so she said he walked next door to the Save A Lot to buy some bananas. Lee told his daughter he picked up four bananas and began to eat one on his way to the register. He said as he walked, he was being followed by a white woman employee who accused of stealing the banana he was eating.
By the time he got to the register, the cashier rang up three bananas and Lee informed the woman he wanted to pay for the fourth banana. However, even after paying, he claims the employee followed him outside and continued yelling at him. Anjelica says things escalated into an argument by the time he got back outside as she heard the commotion from feet away.
In defense of her father, Anjelica told reporters she grabbed a bat from her car and told the employee to pick on someone her own size. Then, the employee called the police.
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