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Spencer city employee fired after investigation of alleged racial incident

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July 6th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Officials with the City of Spencer have fired an employee after the woman was accused of being part of a racial incident last week. An internal investigation was conducted after the City of Spencer received a complaint following the incident Wednesday evening at the Spencer Wal-Mart that led to the employee being fired effective immediately as of Thursday afternoon. According to a social media post about the incident, the employee reportedly made racial slurs and attempted to ram the victim’s cart with a motorized scooter while both parties were waiting in a checkout line. The post goes on to say members of the Wal-Mart staff were able to intervene and diffuse the situation.