In Boston, according to court documents, a pizza shop has been ordered by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to pay $105,000 in emotional damages to a customer after an employee subjected her to racist slurs and physical threats. In a separate incident, a Michigan waitress was fired following discord stemming from a $10,000 tip she received, which her attorney claims was the cause of her termination. This story generated national headlines. Additionally, Matthew Jordan Lindner from Comfort, Texas, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for threatening to kill a Boston Children's doctor over transgender care, following an FBI Boston investigation. This incident was part of an anti-trans frenzy against the hospital, and Lindner was sentenced in Boston federal court.
A Texas man was sentenced in Boston federal court Thursday for threatening a doctor at the Boston-based National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. https://t.co/oT2Ep0mXVS
Texas man sentenced to three-months in federal prison for threatening Boston Children’s Hospital doctor who served transgender patients https://t.co/RjPSDhuz80
Texan gets three months for calling a Boston doctor to threaten to kill her during anti-trans frenzy against Children's Hospital https://t.co/70JfK8jJpN
As a result of an #FBI Boston investigation, Matthew Jordan Lindner, of Comfort, TX, was sentenced to federal prison today for threatening a Boston doctor affiliated with the national LGBTQIA+ health education center. https://t.co/EPqZuvVpbq https://t.co/Z6o3NuGO6F
Texas man charged with threatening Boston Children’s doctor over transgender care sentenced https://t.co/BVOKLHISOQ
A server received a $10K tip in a story that generated national headlines. Then, she said things took an unexpected turn https://t.co/oDGqNbEowN
A Michigan waitress who was fired eight days after a customer she served left a $10,000 tip says it was because of discord stemming from the tip, according to her attorney. https://t.co/nmrjUyUtH2
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has ordered a Boston pizza shop to pay a customer $105,000 in emotional damages after an employee called her racist slurs and threatened to physically hurt her, according to court documents. https://t.co/NkcEJeqLav