Veteran thrown out of Foothills Mall

[Fivestring63]

http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_News/story/Wounded-soldier-wants-answers-after-being-kicked-out-of-mall-for-Segway-use-id-034774

[LowBb]

Saw this. Security guard was not trained well if he didn't know the rules of assisted travel. Someone may have complained about reckless driving or the guard is a jerk. Regardless ........ Come on! Leave the guy alone.

[battleop]

Why do I get this feeling there is more to this that we are not being told about?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I suspect the guard had no clue about the rules. All he saw was a Segway, which is what the mall cops use, and thought only they were allowed to have them. Hell, I wish I had a Segway to help me on my bad days. Or maybe the veteran wasn't wearing a helmet, like the mall cops have to, and the mall cops told him he had to.

 

I will not look at any veteran in any negative light until we have all the facts. If the mall cop was wrong I hope the veteran takes his salary for the next few years and the veteran becomes part owner of the mall.

[gun sane]

It's bad enough that Foothills Mall bans firearms carried by responsible gun owners with a permit, which is a green light for muggers and would-be criminals, but to disrespect a heroic veteran of our armed forces in such a manner as this breaks the Insult-O-Meter.  FM should apologize immediately or their client's stores have seen the last dollar from me.   I'll take their silence so far as an admission that they're hiding under their desks.

Edited April 1, 2013 by gun sane

[Dolomite_supafly]

It's bad enough that Foothills Mall bans firearms carried by responsible gun owners with a permit, which is a green light for muggers and would-be criminals, but to disrespect a heroic veteran of our armed forces in such a manner as this breaks the Insult-O-Meter.  FM should apologize immediately or their client's stores have seen the last dollar from me.   I'll take their silence so far as an admission that they're hiding under their desks.

Send them an email stating this. Then send the same email to those stores in FM mall. You would be surprized how much influence their customers can have.

[Fivestring63]

Doesn't look good about FM apologizing.
They now say he was asked to slow down. Not leave.
Let me see who I'm going to believe. A combat wounded
Master Sgt. with probably close to 20 years or a mall rent-a-cop?

They can't even get uniforms to fit them properly.

[Sam1]

Send them an email stating this. Then send the same email to those stores in FM mall. You would be surprized how much influence their customers can have.

 

 

make it easy:

 

http://www.foothillsmall.com/shop/foothills.nsf/store_alpha

[Spiffy]

Funny how this was reported on Fox News before it hit the local news here.

[gun sane]

Send them an email stating this. Then send the same email to those stores in FM mall. You would be surprized how much influence their customers can have.

 

Done done it.

[gun sane]

After meeting with a representative of the Blount County Veterans Services, the mall gave a back of the hand "sorry if it happened" type of apology. 

 

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/apr/01/foothills-mall-denies-booting-maryville-veteran/

 

Well, here's my apology..."Dear Foothills Mall:  You may or may not be sincere about your apology to Master Sgt. Trost.  So therefore, I'm sorry-- no business from me."

[DaveTN]

Let me see who I'm going to believe. A combat wounded
Master Sgt. with probably close to 20 years or a mall rent-a-cop?

 

If your decision was based on Military service, would it matter if the “Mall Cop” was a Vietnam Veteran that had a brother KIA?

 

I think the mall did the right thing. They apologized and made it clear he could be there without calling anyone a liar.

 

The spin the media is putting on this story is ridiculous.