Jimmy John's workers make noose out of dough, stage mock lynching
Sandwich chain Jimmy John’s fired workers at a Georgia franchise after they fashioned a noose from bread dough and staged a mock lynching on the Fourth of July, TMZ reported.
Video shows someone hanging the noose around a white worker’s neck to laughter.
The sandwich chain tweeted Monday that the franchise owner in Woodstock had fired everyone involved. Four employees were dismissed, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
“The actions seen in the video are absolutely unacceptable and do not represent the Jimmy John’s brand or the local franchise ownership team,” Jimmy John’s wrote.
— Jimmy John's (@jimmyjohns) July 6, 2020
“We have zero tolerance for racism or discrimination in any form,” Jimmy John’s said in a statement posted the day before.
The video clip wound up on Snapchat with a banner-like Happy Fourth of July filter, the Ledger-Enquirer reported.
In Woodstock, GA at a Jimmy Johns, some white employees made a noose, look at the DETAILS in the damn noose dough that’s used for sandwiches. Crazy. They done this before.... pic.twitter.com/HylIMFvxxF
— Nappyy (@napkingcolejr) July 5, 2020
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