The High Cost of Doing Right
From Rosa Parks to the ‘Walmart Four’
by Will Wilkinson
It was a real Rosa Parks moment on January 13 in Layton, Utah, when Walmart staff caught a convicted felon shoplifting a Netbook. They escorted 
him into an office where he pulled a gun, cocked it, and charged towards them. The four longtime Layton branch employees (Lori Poulsen, Justin Richins, Shawn Ray, and Gabriel Stewart), acting instinctively, disarmed him before he could barge back into the customer area. The investigating police officer reported that they acted in the “best interest and safety” of everyone around them.
A week later, Walmart dispatched a representative trained to handle situations like this with their well-known sensitivity. “You’re fired,†she told them. (more…)
