CONWAY, S.C. — This year alone, the state affectionately known as “The Palmetto State” has received excessive bad national press, and much of it involves how it treats its Melanoid citizens. Another incident has been added to the list of the city’s ever-growing notoriety.
Christopher Smith is a Melanoid man in his late ’30s–who, like certain members of society in general, is an individual with special needs. His racial identity, combined with his personal challenges, have made him a victim in the hands of malicious white supremacists who abused him for years.
Mr. Smith worked for J&J Cafeteria for 23 years. The Conway restaurant is owned by a white man named Ernest J. Edwards. His brother, Bobby Paul, is the manager of the eatery. The siblings are under investigation for a series of reports which show Bobby Paul physically abusing Mr. Smith going back to 2010. According to reports, Smith was beaten with a belt, slapped, punched and choked. Charleston (S.C.)’s The Post and Courier is also reporting that Smith’s attorneys state that he was “hit with a frying pan, burned with grease-covered tongs, and beaten with butcher knives, belt buckles and fists “while being called the N-word repeatedly,” the attorneys said. The assaults took place in places like a walk-in freezer as he screamed for his life”
The same news source shows that Smith was forced to work 18-hour shifts from Monday-Saturday, and for 11-hour shifts on Sundays. He wasn’t allowed breaks, and the attorneys have calculated that Smith was paid less than $3,000 annually.
Smith stated that he worked at the restaurant since he was 12 years old, doing everything from washing dishes to cooking. Bobby Paul, the man charged with the abuse of Christopher Smith, is free on a $10,000 surety bond with the stipulations involving that he stay clear of his victim (Smith), and that he asks for permission before leaving the state of South Carolina for any reason.
Although many have attempted to refute the notion that slavery has been eradicated from the United States, it should be noted that some workplaces here in the States have served as smoke screens for imposing draconian practices on its employees. Perhaps we should look no further than J&J Cafeteria in Conway, South Carolina, which has apparently been operating like a plantation for years.
B. Clark
These peckerwoods just cannot help themselves. Also,does this special needs brother have a family and or friends who could and should have corrected that slimy piece of filth? Damn,i am really starting to think that a lot our people,in particular in the south,still have a “scared of white people” mindset. If it he was related to me and gave info on what that pale punk was doing to him,pale punk would have to be dealt with the only way that he and his kind understand. Harshly and painfully. Come with it ,trolls.
It is outrageous how we as black people been through so much but still refuse to act out with equal violence against all our enemies. look at the Paris shenanigans, those people went in with nothing to lose, gunmen and suicide bombers on the ready… white people get really nervous when so called Middle Eastern people araround nowadays because they knows they will kill everyone along with themselves to get their point across…black people need to take a few notes out of their agenda
Black people do not have a history of terrorizing people across the globe. It is the exact opposite. White folks on the other hand…they leave a trail of death and destruction behind them…Black people need to fight back…if you can kill, die, or go to jail for material things like sneakers and phones then you should be able to die or go to jail for your dignity and respect…We will continue to be bullied and viewed as soft targets because we do not abide by the blood for blood code like everyone else…we are stuck on forgiveness and cowardice…I don’t hear nobody from France or the U.S. saying its time to forgive those so called terrorists and move on…its only us with that silliness…smh
You’re so damn right brother
Right on
Great comment, stand up brothers and sistas
Dr. Khalid said you thank that honkie is going to change, they all still have the same mind set, in the future the white folks are going to be our slaves!
Horrendous creatures, all of them.
As a young black woman who is also on the Autism spectrum, stories like these disgust and anger me, but sadly also don’t surprise me. Ignorant people love to try and fuck over people with any type of neurological issues no matter what race they are, but if the person is non-white, then that individual is obviously extra screwed. Battling racism and ableism is a tough and tricky battle, which is why parents need to provide resources and teach their children from a young age how to deal with this crap as they get older. The fact that this brotha was getting abused by his employers for months shows he wasn’t properly taught how to stand up and speak for himself, and it angers me that his family members weren’t there to protect him as much as they should have.
I agree
I hope it was only for months…I thought it was years….
Yeah you’re right the article states since 2010.man that’s even worse.
I have a nephew who is autistic and I love him with all my heart. Let me hear some redneck white bread son of a bitch is laying one finger on him. That might be the day I die and take some of those bastards with me….
That’s also exactly how my family is with me. My dad is always forever threatening to beat somebody’s ass if they try messing with me, and even my older brothers don’t play. It’s why I still can’t under how this guy’s family didn’t notice that the abuse was going on for years. It’s nice to hear you got your nephew’s back though.
This is beyond in humane. This dude should be locked up. People should leave comments on his Yelp page too.
Where the hell was his parents ,siblings somebody in his family.
There wasn’t a slew of charges brought up against the two brothers? WTF!?
Im assuming This man was a special needs foster kid who had no family, to all of you questioning why nine of his relatives intervened.
I’m white and racist but I’d kill that fuckin white old man!! Poor boy. That’s fucked up. If I woulda seen them treating that poor boy like that I woulda beat the fuck outta that asshole. Hope he gets raped and tortured in prison!
Starve the troll!
Cracker that’s a man.I don’t get shit like that,because I would try to lose my shoe up in a cracker.you heard.
Anybody who mistreats the elderly or special needs should be shot. I don’t care what color you are. This story makes my blood boil! Can’t believe nobody stepped up to help that poor boy for that many years! A social worker somebody! Who’s that in the pic with him why didn’t he help him.
Let this troll fail! Do not feed
As many times as I have spoken to this man and even shared a few laughs with him while eating in the restaurant or paying at register . I always felt a evil presence about him and the old man . Woww man my heart goes out to the young man he was torturing . May God help them both .
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