BLACK CONSUMERS: BE WARNED -- I WAS ARRESTED AT KFC FOR ASKING FOR WHAT I PAID FOR NOW PART OF A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT REFERRED TO DOJ & FBI This is not a review. This is a sworn legal disclosure under 28 U.S.C. § 1746 -- with over 25 exhibits, multiple bodycam videos, falsified police reports, and a 21-minute recorded call with an Ocala Police captain now in possession of the DOJ, FBI, and FDLE.
On October 16, 2024, I paid for a full KFC combo meal at the drive-thru. I was given part of my food, but the manager refused to give me my drinks until the sandwich was ready. I waited, calmly asked again, and she slammed the window. Then she said, "I don't have to slave for you to eat," followed by: "If I wasn't at work, I'd slap you in the mouth." When I told her I'd sue, the second manager threatened: "Go to the parking lot or get arrested." I said: "Call the police. I've done nothing wrong." What followed was state-sponsored assault and a cover-up. Ocala Police arrived. Within seconds, they demanded my license without lawful justification. They falsely claimed there was a "payment issue" even though I showed receipts. Officer McCurdy, without issuing any lawful trespass warning, nodded to his corporal -- and the threats began. Corporal Coughlin said, "You're trespassed. If you don't leave immediately , we'll drag you out and take you to jail."he tried to open my driver door, and told me twice: "Open the door or I'll break the window." I opened it to de-escalate. I was violently pulled, slammed to the pavement, cuffed, and arrested. No Miranda. No lawful order. No resistance. All of it is on bodycam. Then came the forgeries: I was never shown a trespass notice, but two were later fabricated -- dated October 18 and 23, both post-arrest. One says the witness was "KFC" with a fake birthdate of October 23, 1949. Another lists "State of Florida" with only a tag number. These are not witnesses -- they're perjury. The sergeant who arrived on scene and stood over me was omitted from the affidavit. Officer McCollum helped search my vehicle after I was arrested, but he is not named in the report. Coughlin falsely said the tag didn't match and claimed the car smelled like marijuana to justify the search -- disproven. They told me it would be towed, but gave it to my girlfriend on site after releasing the very items I was arrested over -- the sodas and sandwich -- into her arms while she held our infant. Then they joked about pepper-spraying me. Two internal complaints were filed. Both closed without investigation -- one by Captain Dustin Keuntjes, who is caught on a 21-minute phone call admitting the bodycam contradicts the arrest and confirming the trespass wasn't issued. He said: "Once KFC called, you were no longer a customer." He never opened a case file. The FDLE passed the complaint to the FBI and DOJ Civil Rights Division -- then kicked it back to Ocala PD. The Mayor of Ocala (Ben Marciano) has been caught blocking my Facebook page to silence criticism during an active civil rights complaint -- a violation of the First Amendment. Yum! Brands -- through Chief Legal Officer Erika Burkhardt and CEO David Gibbs -- was served with all of this, twice, including sworn statements, bodycam citations, police reports, forged documents, and audio transcripts. They've said nothing. No denial. No apology. Just silence. I am a Black father. If I had been killed on camera, you would know my name by now. But because I lived -- because I wasn't shot or choked, just discriminated against, assaulted, jailed, defamed, and framed -- the system ignored me. I was denied justice not because I lied -- but because I survived. And now KFC is tied to a federal civil rights complaint under: 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 18 U.S.C. §§ 1519 (falsification), 1951 (Hobbs Act), 1962 (RICO) Florida Stat. § 838.022 - Official misconduct Multiple First and Fourteenth Amendment violations This is a federal matter now. If no one acts, I will file in U.S. District Court. Sworn under federal penalty of perjury -- Rashad Lott, Silver Springs, FL read more