I have been the office manager for True Care Counseling LLC for 3 years now.in the early morning of January 17th, I was accused of shoplifting and assaulted by unidentified security officers at Safeway Grocery in Phoenix. I had just left the dentist's office 15 minutes from getting my wisdom tooth drilled on. I made it to Safeway with my wife and three siblings, all under the age of 4. They stayed in the car while I went in. I used the SRP machine, then got a banana from the fruit stand.
After standing in line for a while, I realized that it's taking too long. I walked back to where I got the banana from, put it down and proceeded to the exit. Outside of the store (approx 40 feet) in the parking lot I was attacked by a man who didn't identify himself as security and he was wearing plain clothes. He grabbed me, threw me to the ground, sat on me and choked me with two different submission moves while another guard was holding my legs. He kept saying, "What you got." I almost completely passed out from the 2nd choking, but that's when I saw my wife coming up screaming at the men. That's when they said they were security and I stole something. She put her hands in my pockets and pulled out nothing! They released their hands from me finally.
Safeway has failed to take responsibility for this action and is putting the blame on the actual security company that they had hired to perform duties. To make matters worse, the police arrived, took both stories and told me Im not the victim in this matter, even though my shirt was torn off, I had gravel stuck in my back and the paramedics had to be called on my behalf. They all have gone bananas if you ask me.
I was severely injured from this matter and I have medical bills that must be paid. What hurts me the most besides my body and mental status from this is that my kids and wife had to witness this unfortunate incident and I still remember them crying and screaming inside of my head.
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