She was accused of attempting to steal a Citi-bike from a group of young black men. The video became viral, and she was forced to take a leave of absence from her employment. Fortunately, Twitter’s “Community Notes” feature allowed social media users to cast doubt on the situation’s veracity.
In an unexpected turn of events, the nurse accused of bike theft was found not guilty after presenting evidence indicating that the bike belonged to her. On Friday, the lawyer for the healthcare worker disclosed that they plan to sue the media. “She has been labeled a racist. She’s been referred to be a thief. There are reasons why defamation laws exist, and we intend to pursue them,” he said.
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"She's been called a racist. She's been called a thief. There are reasons defamation laws exist, and we plan to pursue that."
Lawyer for woman at the center of viral Citi Bike video is planning to sue the media. pic.twitter.com/ZLUB8ehKwx
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 19, 2023
Her employer took to social media to put out a statement:
“We are aware of the video involving a health care provider off duty and away from the hospital campus. The incident in the video is disturbing. The provider is currently out on leave and will remain on leave pending a review. As a health system we are committed to providing an environment for our patients and staff that is free from discrimination of any kind.”
— NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (@BellevueHosp) May 16, 2023
In other words, they panicked and put out a message that they are willing to crush this employee regardless of the outcome.
THE HATERS:
Check out this thread https://t.co/vUpEo03hJr
— ichthys (@kyrieeleison60) May 19, 2023
The EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY in the video already talked to this journalist and gave her exclusive access to their "proof". It didn't work and they have no leg to stand on.
— Ms. Sn@cks (@HenriettaSnacks) May 19, 2023
So has she been fired yet? She easily could have gotten an young man killed – FIRE HER! She is way beyond diversity training. FIRE HER!!
— (((kathy f)))✡️ (@kathyf449) May 16, 2023
“Crucify her!”
— hourshower (@hlfhourshower) May 18, 2023
THE DEFENDERS:
If a woman pays for a bike and a group of males won’t let her get on said bike, she is the victim.
I don’t think race is the issue here
— Black Girl in Distress 💌🦢 (@BaconBaeritto) May 18, 2023
Oh wow the black lady that obviously hates white people and has non stop posted about this situation for days now doesn't want to accept the proof? That's crazy.
— Opaqueghost (@Opaqueghost2) May 19, 2023
lol black woman named ms. snacks thinks a pregnant white nurse attacked 5 black guys and stole the 1 bike they shared 😂
— Local J (@alternate_guhwa) May 19, 2023
Shocker the racist black lady, that hates white people refuses to recant or accept facts?!
No way….
— D (@ProudFather2LDM) May 19, 2023
He is a liar, she has now provided the receipts
— Hunthard (@DuaneHunthard) May 19, 2023
Thanks to Elon Musk, Twitter now has a system where users can do Fact Checks on a tweet and many of them flagged the video to correct the MANY wrongs that were said about the incident, and the woman specifically because what happened is not what’s been overwhelmingly reported.
“The woman has provided receipts to her lawyer showing she had paid for the bike. Insider obtained a receipt revealing payment made for a Citi Bike on the evening of May 12 in Manhattan. The receipt shows that the bicycle was relocked to its dock just a minute later, with no additional charges recorded.”
The fact that she started fake crying for help as if she was in physical danger and she started fake crying, this gives the basis to suspect her of being a white supremacist. And I still stand by that suspicion https://t.co/5opTCdOxai
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) May 18, 2023
I hope she sues everyone who defamed her. I hope the people who stole from her get what's coming to them.
— Carl James Grindley (@CJGrindley) May 19, 2023
