![]() The men were convicted of murder in a trial, and will be sentenced next month. Imagine if you were a black person, walked in and saw this ‘vigilante.’”Īhmaud Aubrey was killed by three men in South Carolina who claimed they were protecting their neighborhood. The word vigilante didn’t seem to ring any bells. “I was trying to make a strong point because what they were doing by selling this thing was pretty strong. Asked again why he would say that, given how offensive it is, Kimberly said, “Yeah, and I don’t use the word,” before explaining he was one of the youngest white people to go to the March on Washington in 1963. “I hope you understand I wasn’t calling anyone that,” Kimberly said of his use of the racial slur. Outside the store, after being asked to leave, Kimberly said he apologized to Darcy that he “used strong language.” “I was getting no reaction from them and I said, ‘What do you think Vigilante means? Does it have a good connotation? Does it mean a killing gun?’ Still no reaction, and then I said, ‘Maybe they should call it the n_-killer’ I was trying to get their attention. Speaking to The Times by phone, Kimberly, who is white, admitted he used the racial slur. I feel bad my coworkers had to deal with that … I wish I could prevent those things from happening, but we can’t always do that.” ![]() I’ve never quite seen anything like that, and it’s just not OK. “Shaking, the looks on their faces, flabbergasted, offended. “My coworkers downstairs were very upset,” she said. Soo Hoo said Cottle’s employs people of many races and ethnicities. It was very upsetting, and we will not tolerate that at all. “He took the opportunity to be aggravated and used some words that were intolerable and offensive, and he was asked to leave after using those words. “We’re more than happy to respectfully have a conversation about that, but that is not what Mr. Soo Hoo said Kimberly was immediately asked to leave after using the offensive language, not for objecting to the sale of the BB guns. Lori Robinson Fisher, the Facebook page’s moderator, could not immediately be reached for comment. Kimberly did not mention his use of the racial slur. This is a dark, people killer fantasy gun - meant, we assume, for dads to buy for their sons. What recent events does that name evoke? Turns out it fires BBs and pellets, not bullets, but it’s a semiautomatic and ‘shoots as fast as you can pull the trigger,’ and at 465 feet per second. ‘Your friends won’t believe it’s not the real thing.’ It’s called the Vigilante. It’s made, according to their own publicity, to look like an almost exact copy of the Colt King Cobra 357 Magnum. “Cottle’s - the lumberyard, is selling this gun in a case by the checkout counter. “Last-minute gift idea for Junior?” the post stated. ![]() But office manager Dana Darcy, who was present during the incident, said he drew the line when West Tisbury resident Bob Kimberly used a racial slur, calling the BB guns “n_-killers.”Īfter the incident, Kimberly created a post on the Islanders Talk Facebook page saying he inquired about the BB guns and was kicked out.
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