money Video shows a son carrying his dad out of an Arizona grocery store after he went on an anti-mask tirade and tried to pick a fight
Video surfaced this week showing a man being carried out of a grocery store after getting into a loud argument over mask wearing.
A spokesperson for the Sprouts Farmers Market chain in Arizona confirmed the incident to the Arizona Republic, saying it happened on Saturday at one of their stores in Tucson.
In the video, two other men near the man appeared to address the anti-masker as "Dad."
Moments later, the shouting man is picked up by one of those two men and physically removed from the store.
A man was recorded being picked up and removed from a Tucson, Arizona grocery store after getting into an argument with a staff member and a fellow shopper for refusing to wear a face mask.
A bystander captured video of the incident, which surfaced on Twitter earlier this week. A spokesperson for the Sprouts Farmers Market chain confirmed to the Arizona Republic that the incident happened last Saturday at one of its stores in Tucson.
The footage shows a man in a blue shirt yelling at a staff member who is wearing a mask.
"These people won't learn. You're a bunch of idiots wearing masks, you know it's not real. Look at you fools," he is heard saying.
Watch the clip below:
The man goes on to use more curse words and slurs, prompting another shopper to walk up and tell him to quiet down.
"Stop yelling at people," the other shopper is heard saying.
"You're a dork," the anti-masker can be heard responding.
It's at this point that two younger men, who appear to be shopping with the anti-masker, start trying to move him out of the store, and are heard calling him "Dad" several times.
Meanwhile, the anti-masker is seen trying to pick a fight, though it's unclear who his comments were aimed at.
"Come outside and tell me how tough you are," he says. "I'll beat that mask off your f---ing face."
One of the young men is then seen physically lifting the older man, and carrying him out of the store as he continues to yell.
The Sprouts spokesperson told the Republic that its employee did not physically engage with the man, and that the police were called before the aggravated shopper left the store.
The Tucson Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further comment. The spokesperson told the Republic they could not provide more information because the incident is under investigation.
According to Sprouts' website, all shoppers over the age of 2 are required to wear a face mask at the moment.
Arizona is currently dealing with one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the US. As of Wednesday, Pima County, where Tucson is located, has nearly 18,000 coronavirus cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Maricopa County, where the capital city of Phoenix is located, has the third-most cases out of all US counties, with more than 126,000 cases as of Wednesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
"Sprouts offers a number of accommodations for those who may be unable or unwilling to wear a mask or face shield, including personal shopping options for those who are medically exempt, as well as online ordering for curbside pickup and delivery," the Sprouts spokesperson told the Republic in a statement.
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