A woman who demanded reparations from a Target megastore in Blue Ash, Ohio, was punched in the face by store security.
The October 2022 incident was captured in surveillance video first published by DailyMail.com.
According to a police report, Karen Ivery verbally abused a Target cashier, demanding “reparations” to pay for $1,000 of groceries in her shopping cart.
The cashier called the store manager, who attempted to defuse the situation. But Ivery continued to scream and demand reparations.
In the video, Ivery is seen walking “aggressively” toward the manager who backs away from her, according to the police report.
“Ivery kept berating her about reparations and her privileged life,” the report stated.
Zach Cotter, a loss prevention officer for Target, tried to intervene and asked Ivery to calm down and leave the store, the police report states.
But she allegedly began screaming at Cotter and followed him to his office.
When he tried to shut the door, Ivery allegedly forced her way into the office and Cotter threw a punch, knocking Ivery to the floor, according to the report.
The police were called and, after reviewing the footage, determined Ivery was the aggressor and placed her under arrest.
“Ivery was confrontational with officers on the scene and didn’t want to explain her actions,” the report states.
In a police bodycam video, Ivery told an officer she wanted the cashier to contact the manager “so we could have a larger conversation about how money works, and how the provision works, and how it’s been working in our community in a very wrong way.”
“This is my Rosa Parks moment,” she added.
Ivery was sentenced to one day in jail and charged $110 for disorderly conduct, according to DailyMail.com.
Watch the video below.
