Here is the story . . . what is so "silly" about it, besides the fact that a security guard is being charged for doing her job? The man refused to leave the ladies' room and so he was escorted physically out of the ladies' room. Why should she face any charges at all? It doesn't say anything about "assault" in the article.
A female security guard working at a Washington, D.C. grocery store was arrested Monday afternoon for physically escorting a man out of the women’s restroom after he refused to leave because he identifies as a woman.
The shopper — a young, African-American male who identified himself as Ebony Belcher to local news outlets — reportedly passed the security guard on his way into the women’s restroom at a Giant grocery store in Northeast D.C.
After seeing Belcher walk into the women’s restroom, the security guard followed him in and ordered the man to leave. When he refused, the security guard had to physically escort him out of the women’s restroom.
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ChrisL wish it were so simple and everyone were as reasonable as this.
But people can be roughed up and charged with assault.
And people can twist things out of proportion and get the media to jump on a hot story that is emotionally charged.
We don't know how much of both happened, and it is probably a little of each.
I think this should be treated as an incident between that guard, that guest,
and the local policy at that site, and work it out between them with other people helping to settle it not make it worse.
If your intent is to object or take issue for publicity without solving the problem and healing the relationship,
those people should not interfere. Only people with a vested interest in seeing the conflicts resolved.
Or it is doing a disservice to both individuals and the institutions and public affected.
Those two individuals had a conflict and they need to resolve it between them first.
If they had irreconcileable beliefs, they should have a policy how to separate these two and not impose one on the other.
The states or cities should offer assistance to write out policies that if people have conflicting beliefs
they cannot reconcile civilly, the parties AGREE NOT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS TOGETHER
and have a process for departing company peacefully so nobody's rights or due process is compromised.
Agree on a policy or process to follow if you don't agree.
Don't wait till the point of conflict to accost one another.
We already know there are conflicts, so why set up each other to fail.