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Law Firm Employee Gets Slapped After Racist Tirade

You have to watch the video of the incident.

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White America is finally starting to come to terms with the fact that the cavalcade of racist BS just never ends. The latest incident that’s gone viral on social media features the operations manager at a small law firm in Glendale, Arizona, Tamara Harrian (she’s also married to the name partner).

Harrian’s antics were caught on camera by a patron of the gas station, Greg Conn, when she stormed in. Harrian demanded to be helped before another gas station customer, Karina Rodriguez, when she got all racist about it. Harrian laid her hands on Rodriguez who responded by slapping Harrian.

Conn sets up the scene before the video starts:

I was checking out and this lady comes into the store all flustered yelling at the clerk to get another clerk to help because the line was getting long and her pump wasn’t working. Another clerk came out and she said to the young lady in the video, she can go checkout in an authoritative manner.

The young lady said “thank you but I don’t need your assistance.” She was clearly annoyed with the lady like everyone else in the store. At this time the lady told the clerk not to serve her, told her she can leave, and go back to her country. That’s when I took out my phone, and the rest is here in the video.

From there the video tells the rest of the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsnT382cw4

Bob Harrian has gone public since this video went viral. He’s opened up about his wife’s mental health issues, saying she’s had bouts of paranoia for about a year, following a break-in.

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Harrian said he has tried to get treatment for his wife but has failed at doing so. He said he was astounded by the video, but also said this might be the proof that he needs to explain to his wife that she can be a detriment to herself.

“Karina, I don’t know what to say. I’m just so sorry,” Harrian said, in an emotional message to the woman on the receiving end of the tirade in the video. “I’m just so sorry that this happened. You never walked into that store thinking something like this was going to happen. I understand, and I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what she said. It was very hateful. It was — it’s indefensible, but I just have to tell you this. It’s her mental illness. A year ago, she would never done — never have even thought of that.”

Of course, whenever a lawyer’s family is involved in an incident like this, the question of lawsuits has arisen. However, Bob Harrian confirmed they will not be suing Rodriguez over the now-viral slap.

headshotKathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, and host of The Jabot podcast. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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