An Amazon delivery man may have just unknowingly committed a crime, as he was caught on a front door security camera spitting on a customer's package and smearing the saliva all over the box with his hand. As most of the world takes extra precautions to prevent spreading coronavirus, including incessant hand-washing and avoiding touching one's face or coughing without covering one's mouth, some people are just too shameless to care. In a video captured on Thursday evening at a duplex residence in L.A.'s Hancock Park neighbourhood, an Amazon delivery man is clearly shown leaning over and hucking saliva onto a package that he was in the processing of delivering, and proceeding to wipe his spit across the box with his palm. The vile man then gets up and takes a photo to confirm the delivery, as if nothing out of the ordinary had just occurred.
The reckless act was thankfully caught by security cameras at the residence's front door, and a neighbour and friend of the package recipient promptly contacted Amazon about the horrible incident. A customer service representative watched the footage and actually gasped in horror. They stated that the worker was from a third party delivery service and had been reported, but there's a chance he could still be sent back to work. The same neighbour also responded to the delivery inquiry on the Amazon app with a photo of the package, which clearly shows some sort of liquid smeared on it. “We have high standards for delivery service partners and expect every package to be handled with care," an Amazon spokesperson said. "We've notified the right teams internally and will work with the customer directly on matters related to their package delivery.”
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While the act may be disgusting and inconsiderate, it's also verging on criminal during these particularly high risk times. Purposely spitting, licking, or coughing on public items or other people can be considered a low-level felony, as federal law enforcement officials have already charged individuals with making a terrorist threat for intentionally spreading coronavirus through this type of behaviour.
DaBaby Publicly Apologizes For Slapping Woman At Afterparty
DaBaby reminds fans to respect his space while apologizing to woman he slapped and offering to meet her in person.
This morning, many awoke to see that a video was circulating of yet another instance of DaBaby being violent, but this time, it was towards a woman. The footage showed DaBaby passing through an afterparty crowd at Tampa, Florida nightclub Whiskey North, when he was hit in the face by a woman’s phone who was recording him with flash. The Charlotte rapper turned around and quickly retaliated by slapping her. Now, DaBaby has awoken and offered an apology for the incident that is drawing serious backlash.
Before going to sleep, DaBaby was insistent on having the woman identified and obtaining an alternate angle of the altercation in order for his lawyer to get “active.” However, now that some time has passed, he appears to be more remorseful. In a series of Instagram Stories shot in his bed, DaBaby provided his side of the story, apologizing for what he did while explaining his aggressive reaction.
He started his apology by shining a phone light on the camera lens of the other phone he was recording his IG Stories on, seemingly in an attempt to prove a point about its blinding capacity or the irritation it can cause. “I do sincerely apologize,” he said. “I do. I’m very sorry that there was a female on the other end of that flashlight on their phone… But you know, keep in mind, I couldn’t see you because you got the flash this close to me. Which is OK, it’s no problem… But fans—how many people know how to zoom in? Just zoom in instead of popping me in the motherfuckin’ eye with the phone. But I do apologize that there was a female on the other end… I think by this time, you know it’s a well known fact that male or female, I would’ve responded the same exact way.”
He requested for fans to treat him with the same respect that he instructs his security to treat them with. The major takeaway from this event that he imparted was: “Move gracefully.” He ended by inviting the woman he slapped to be “flewed out” to meet him in person, so they can have an “adult conversation” and he can apologize face-to-face.
DaBaby Appears To Slap Woman In Video, Offers $10k For Alternate Footage
A video appears to show DaBaby slapping a woman after she hit him in the face with her phone.
After being let off the hook for a battery charge earlier this week for a January incident involving a party promoter, DaBaby may be facing another one in the near future. A video is starting to circulate online of DaBaby seemingly slapping a woman and he has already commented on the altercation.
The footage from Saturday night (Mar. 8) shows DaBaby wading through a packed crowd at a nightclub, where he was hosting an afterparty event. A woman is filming DaBaby with the flash on as he passes by and then her phone is seeing making direct contact with his face. DaBaby, with a hat on and the hood of his winter jacket on his head, quickly spins around and appears to slap the woman across the face before continuing through the crowd. A woman is heard letting out a scream right after the slap and then a few seconds later, someone shouts "Get the fuck outta here." This whole incident seems to have been filmed by another club patron who was standing on the second floor.
Since this footage was taken from above, DaBaby has requested for an alternate angle that may absolve him of culpability if this were to be taken to court. However, it appears he isn't going to only be playing defence - he might be pressing charges himself. "I got $10,000 for whoever got a good angle of shawty hitting me in my eye with her phone," the Charlotte rapper said on his Instagram Story as he focused his camera on his eye. He asked to be tagged in the alternate footage and then shared the viral clip with the message, "Who know shawty government name so my lawyer can get active?"