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Walmart employee claims she was fired for confronting shopper toting unclothed baby in freezing temps​

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Published Jan. 25, 2024, 12:06 p.m. ET




A Mississippi Walmart employee claims she was fired after posting a video of a shopper who was carting a baby dressed only in diapers during last week’s cold snap.
Facebook user Fee Nicole took to the platform on Sunday to post a picture of the young toddler sitting in the cart in the middle of a Jackson location of the chain, wearing just the diaper while his female caregiver was clad in boots pants and a sweater.
It was unclear what day the footage was taken, but temperatures reached as low as 19 degrees in Jackson on Sunday as the Deep South was in a brutal freeze, according to Wunder Ground.
In the clip, a Walmart employee was seen putting a sweatshirt on the child before a confrontation erupted.
“He can’t be here without that jacket on,” a woman was heard saying off camera.






“That baby just had a Pamper on,” another woman chimed in.
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A Walmart employee puts clothing on a baby that was
brought to the store wearing only a diaper in freezing
temperatures.Facebook/Fee Nicole
“He’s sitting there shaking now,” a man was heard saying.
As the onlookers voiced concern, the apparent mother of the baby was filmed tossing a bag of frozen vegetables in the cart, bouncing the package off the young child.
“She’s throwing cold food on this child. What’s wrong with you?” the man demanded, according to the footage.
“Lower your voice, who are you,” the caregiver snapped back at the concerned shopper.
“Get out that man face please,” a woman was heard saying.
“You’re crazy,” the man told the woman with the baby, before she turned around the aisle and delivered a vulgar rant, pausing only to twerk briefly for the camera.

“Somebody call the police on her,” a woman was heard saying.
“Go ahead some people already called two times … as long as you got hot water, fire extinguisher…” the caregiver retorted.
“But when you come in the store fully dressed and your baby’s not…,” the woman countered.
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An employee said she was fired after sharing video of the incident and ensuing confrontation, where concerned shoppers threatened to call police.Facebook/Fee Nicole
“I’m calling the cops right now,” the man said
Nicole, who was identified as Felicia Nicole by other outlets, took to Facebook to say she had been terminated following the incident.
“Yessss I got fired bc of this video..,” Nicole wrote.
“No I wasn’t thinking about the consequences when I posted the video.. I was concerned about the baby thats all and I pray that child somewhere safe now!!!”
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Nicole did not immediately respond to an interview request from The Post.
Neither Walmart nor Jackson Police immediately responded to inquires about the incident either.
 

Walmart shopper arrested after being confronted over her shivering baby wearing only diaper in freezing temps​

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Published Jan. 27, 2024, 3:02 a.m. ET


















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A Mississippi mom who toted her shivering toddler dressed only in diapers around Walmart in below-freezing temperatures was arrested — after one employee claimed they were fired for posting the viral clip to social media.
Kambria Gabrielle Darby, 26, was charged with child neglect after police received a call to the store around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 17 and found the mother in the parking lot, according to WJTV.
Darby’s confrontation and rant inside the store went viral after the video was posted by a Walmart employee under the Facebook username Fee Nicole.
The employee, whose real name is Felicia Darling, began recording the video after watching the mother, appropriately dressed for the 20-degree temperature outside, put the diaper-clad toddler into a cold shopping cart, according to WLBT.
Several shoppers at the Byram, Miss. location confronted Darby as she made her way through the store, stopping at one of the freezer aisles and tossing a bag of frozen vegetables at the shivering child, the video captured.
“She’s throwing cold food on this child. What’s wrong with you?” the man demanded, according to the footage.
Kambria Darby with 2-year-old toddler inside Walmart, where toddler is only wearing a diaper despite the freezing cold temperatures, leading to mother's arrest.6
Kambria Darby was arrested and charged with child neglect after she was caught in Walmart with her toddler, only wearing a diaper in 20-degree temperatures.WJTV News
Child in diaper with a man dressing them in a Walmart store as the mother stands nearby scrolling on her phone, possibly arrested by police.6
A shopper dresses the child with clothes from the store while the mother stands nearby scrolling on her phone.WJTV News
“Lower your voice, who are you,” the caregiver snapped back at the concerned shopper.
“You’re crazy,” a man called the mother before she turned around and delivered a vulgar rant, pausing only to twerk briefly for the camera.
Upon speaking with Darby outside, law enforcement figured out the child was put into clothing by shoppers inside the store, but was still freezing and shaking from the cold.
Darby got into a minor altercation with a man who confronted her for the child's lack of clothing.6
Darby got into a minor altercation with a man who confronted her for the child’s lack of clothing.WJTV News
Byram police later discovered the child's clothing came from inside the store from one of the other shoppers.6
Byram police later discovered the child’s clothing came from inside the store from one of the other shoppers.WJTV News
In another video posted by Darling, a shopper dresses the child with clothes from the store while the mother stands nearby scrolling on her phone.
She was let out on bond conditions ordered by the Hinds County Youth Court, according to WLBT.
EMS crews were called to check on the child before Child Protection Services arrived.
The toddler was later released to an approved relative.
The mother of three says she hasn't seen her kids since the incident and didn't have a decent meal because of it.6
The mother of three says she hasn’t seen her kids since the incident and didn’t have a decent meal because of it.WJTV News
After she was released from jail, Darby took to social media and defended her actions and the way she parented her children.
“I have pics of every meal I’ve cooked them’ as proof of her parenting fitness. This deformation (sic) of character is hurting my heart,” she wrote in a 656-word Facebook post, viewed by the Daily Mail.
Darby compared her treatment inside the Walmart last week to the way Jesus was treated.
“They did Jesus the same way, he felt sick to his stomach as well; he didn’t want to go through it.”
A photo of the exterior of a Walmart store in Mississippi.6
The Walmart employee that recorded the viral video says she was fired by the store.WJTV News
The mother of three says she hasn’t seen her kids since the incident and didn’t have a decent meal because of it.
‘I haven’t seen my kids since they were taken away from me by CPS. Last night was my first night eating a few crackers since my kids have been gone,” her statement added. “I know this too shall pass. I know one day me and my kids will be reunited.”
 
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