Viet-Justice

Brilliant! Neiman Marcus has fired an employee for coming to the rescue of some poor dogs locked in the back of a car. Valerie Cheatham reported the incident to Fulton County Animal Control and then tried to get water to the dogs through the sunroof. The car’s owner, a Ramona Lindsey of Peachtree City was being a total bitch according to the AJC

Cheatham said Ramona Lindsey screamed for her to get off the “$80,000 car.”

According to Cheatham, Lindsey also said: “I hope you’re somebody because I’m going to have your job.”

Now Neiman Marcus may have been right in firing Cheatham for failure to perform her duties since she was in the parkinglot taking care of the dogs. I won’t dispute that. On the other hand Lindsey should be locked up for cruelty to animals, and I would like to see the VP who had the final say on firing Cheatham locked up as well. It is the duty of any American to come to the aid of others in need, whether they are human or some other creature. If it were a child in the back seat of the car, I’m sure any bystanders who stood around without breaking the window would be charged with child endangerment. If not the DA isn’t doing his job. I would argue the same goes for animals in a car as well. It would be logical to assume that since Cheatam was fired for assisting the dogs, then if she had asked permission from her manager or higher executives they would have said to not interfere. Again, if it were a child in the car then they would be enabling cruelty to children or manslaughter and on be on their way to jail if the police had found out they ordered someone to not assist.

Apparently Ramona Lindsey has an unlisted numer or her phone is in her husband’s name since there’s only one Lindsey listed in Peachtree City. I guess calling to complain might be out, unless that’s her real number and address.

What needs to happen now is FC Animal Control needs to have Ramona Lindsey arrested for cruelty to animals. I’m not sure what should be done with Neiman Marcus. Maybe ASPCA, PETA, or some other tree hugging organization needs to start a smear campaign at the very least.