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‘Mistaken for thieves in FedEx Uniforms’ Courier company ‘Recalls’ two Black drivers, fired after they posted video confrontation with a White customer who they claim told cops he feared they were ‘trying to break into his house’, pending investigation

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>Two black FedEx drivers are fired after posting video confrontation with a white customer who they claim told cops he feared they were trying to break into his house<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>A video showing a fiery verbal altercation between the homeowner and the two FedEx drivers Antonio Braswell and Felinzay Darnell Lundy&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>Antonio Braswell&comma; the driver who posted the video&comma; claims FedEx called him to take down remove the video&comma; widely circulated on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>In the same conversation he was informed that he was fired&comma; Braswell said<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>The footage opens with Lundy standing outside the truck arguing with the unidentified the home owner&comma; a white male &&num;8211&semi; recorded by Braswell<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>The details leading up to the incident are not know but Braswell said the man threatened them for being in his yard&comma; called cops&comma; then claimed that they &&num;8216&semi;looked like they would have broken into his house with his wife inside&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a3434&semi;"><strong>FedEx has said the men were hired by independent service provider&comma; but FedEx will be employing the two men while the incident is being investigated <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346747" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Felinzay-Darnell-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Felinzay Darnell 5" width&equals;"902" height&equals;"966" &sol;>This video&comma; posted by Antonio Braswell&comma; shows one of the drivers&comma; identified as Felinzay Darnell Lundy&comma; arguing with a white male &lbrack;the homeowner&rsqb;&comma; who is also recording the incident on his phone&period; Braswell claims that he was fired by FedEx after posting this video online<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">A homeowner imagining two uniformed delivery men &&num;8216&semi;looked like they were set for a home invasion robbery &&num;8211&semi; still under investigation &&num;8211&semi; cost two uniformed courier company employees their job&comma; this week&comma; in Georgia&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Two black FedEx drivers claim they were fired Wednesday after one of them posted a video showing a heated confrontation with a white customer in Leesburg&comma; Georgia&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A video of the encounter went viral on Tuesday after the driver claimed the unidentified customer began the argument after they dropped a package at his house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He alleged the man told police that the delivery men looked like they would break into his house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The video&comma; posted by Antonio Braswell&comma; shows one of the drivers in the middle of an argument with the homeowner&comma; who is also recording the incident on his phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Braswell re-<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">posted the video to Twitter on Wednesday to say he had received a call from FedEx who told him to remove the video and that he had been fired as a result&period; <&sol;span><strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"3VngfUoJsoY" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;3VngfUoJsoY" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;3VngfUoJsoY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;3VngfUoJsoY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346753" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Antonio-Brasswell-Facebook-post-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Antonio Brasswell Facebook post 4" width&equals;"913" height&equals;"403" &sol;>&&num;8216&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;re fired&&num;8217&semi;&excl;<&sol;strong> <strong>Antonio Braswell Twitter post claims FedEx asked him to take down the video&period; The company has confirmed Wednesday that the incident in Georgia  is under investigation<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"item">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"v-542339123938543055" class&equals;"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"vjs&lowbar;video&lowbar;3" class&equals;"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-fe-animated-preview mol-empty-playlist vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive" title&equals;"" data-opts&equals;"&lbrace;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-title">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-title-text">&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Black FedEx drivers are confronted by white customer while working&period; <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m re-posting this video because people like him doesn&&num;8217&semi;t matter white or any race should never disrespect essential workers putting their lives in jeopardy especially with this COVID-19&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Braswell wrote in Twitter post&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346745" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Felinzay-Darnell-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Felinzay Darnell 3" width&equals;"1002" height&equals;"812" &sol;><strong>The footage opens with the heated argument already underway&period; FedEx driver Felinzay Darnell Lundy is heard asking the unidentified homeowner who was also recording the incident&comma; to repeat his threat<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>Reacting to the revelation that the men were relieved of their jobs&comma; FedEx said the men worked for an independent service provider&period; However&comma; both would be employed by FedEx while the incident was being investigated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We are aware of the incident in GA that led to the release of two drivers employed by a service provider&comma;&&num;8217&semi; FedEx said in a statement posted to Twitter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re offering employment while investigating to ensure an appropriate outcome&period; We take seriously allegations of discrimination&comma; retaliation&comma; or improper employment actions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>&&num;8216&semi;FedEx Ground expects the highest level of conduct from service providers and their employees&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a spokesperson for the company added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;FedEx will be conducting a thorough investigation into these claims&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Details leading to the start of the video are not clear&period; However&comma; the video posted by Braswell shows the second driver&comma; later <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;drivers-reportedly-fired-after-video-posted-confrontation-with-georgia-fedex-customer&sol;B785iHTIpV68vaX1zXctQL&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noreferrer noopener">identified as<&sol;a> as Felinzay Darnell Lundy&comma; already arguing with the homeowner who is heard shouting for his wife to call 911&comma; while recording the incident with his cell phone&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346739" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Antonio-Brasswell-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Antonio Brasswell 2" width&equals;"915" height&equals;"493" &sol;><strong>The driver initially said he would wait for the cops but then begin to pull away&period; Braswell said on social media that when the police did arrive&comma; the homeowner told them that it looked like the delivery men would break into his house with his wife inside&period; Braswell accused the homeowner of lying in his account<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;You didn&&num;8217&semi;t have to come out here cussing me like that&period; I ain&&num;8217&semi;t no little boy&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll wait to the police come&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Lundy said in the video&comma; adding that he would have gotten off the customer&&num;8217&semi;s grass&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The pair continue to argue as Lundy calls on the man to step forward and repeat that he said he would &&num;8216&semi;whoop our black a&ast;&ast;&ast;s&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The customer calls back to his wife to call 911 again and the drivers initially say they will wait for police before deciding to leave&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Man&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m not gonna waste my time with you&period; You got my information&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;ll find me&comma; you need to get your glasses back on&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;All we did was deliver his package&comma; he was in the house at the time&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Braswell wrote when he posted the video&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It was a quick stop and as soon as we were leaving&comma; he ran out his house cursing and threatening us&period; While we were looking confused&comma; we just apologized for being on his yard&comma; but he keeps going on&comma; then kept saying he would whoop our black a&ast;&ast;&ast;s and then he told his wife to call the cops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346750" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Antonio-Brasswell-Facebook-post-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Antonio Brasswell Facebook post 2" width&equals;"1003" height&equals;"930" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">In his post FedEx driver Antonio Braswell&comma; claims that the homeowner started shouting at them about being in his yard after they dropped off a package&period; The  man&&num;8217&semi;s wife called 911&comma; and he proceeded to tell cops the couriers looked like they would break into his house&comma; Braswell said<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;That&&num;8217&semi;s when he kept following us&period; Then he pulled out his phone to record us and start playing the victim role&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;We drove off at first&comma; but they yelled &&num;8220&semi;f&ast;&ast;k y&&num;8217&semi;all&&num;8221&semi;&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he continued&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">According to Braswell&comma; the man told police upon their arrival that the drivers looked &&num;8216&semi;like they would&&num;8217&semi;ve broken into my house while my wife is there&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The white dude was lying the whole time&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Braswell added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Mind y&&num;8217&semi;all we go through this all the time he was the first to actually come at us crazy and all we are doing is our job&period; We work 6 days out the week to deliver these packages during this coronavirus going on&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I really appreciate the job opportunity I had with FedEx &&num;8230&semi; no hard feelings but I pray I can get back on my feet because i have a daughter now&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-346751" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Antonio-Brasswell-Facebook-post-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Antonio Brasswell Facebook post 3" width&equals;"614" height&equals;"817" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">An imaginary threat of &&num;8216&semi;looking like robbers&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; still under investigation &&num;8211&semi; cost the men their job&period; A GoFundMe established for the two drivers has raised close to &dollar;73&comma;000 as of Thursday<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The local sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office confirmed that the Leesburg Police Department responded to the incident&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Leesburg Police Department has not yet returned a request for comment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Idk what the police did but I posted this video because we go through racism every day on that route in Leesburg&comma; but he was the first one to actually come up and actually threaten us&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Braswell said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;fedex-workers-fired-after-viral-video&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;customer&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;copy&lowbar;link-tip&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;p&lowbar;cp&plus;share-sheet" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" shape&equals;"rect" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">GoFundme<&sol;a> for the two workers established for the drivers had raised over &dollar;72&comma;000 as of Thursday afternoon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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