
Impact Plastics, a company involved in a situation where multiple of their employees were killed by flood waters last year, has recently been cleared of all wrongdoing. Today, we talk about that.
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The CEO's always get away with crimes. Sometimes their companies are fined or "criminally charged" (can you jail a Corp? No so what's the point) but rare for the CEO's to have charges brought.
Tennessee lets CEOs basically get away with murder everyday. It really doesn’t surprise me.
Dude should literally gets decades in prison.
I'm pretty positive the civil suits will go somewhere. They'll probably get a big settlement
It’s almost like this guy and Beengamen Nehtin yaw hoo can do whatever they want with no repercussions
You look better with the beard.
I respect your hope, but I have no faith in the justice system whatsoever. Esp in the midst of all this Epstein stuff.
The good left in the world is me. And people like you. And the victims in this situation. But I don't think there's a lick of good in any of the systems of power we live under. 😅
3:22 Elevators that tell the news?
I don't think I've ever had that experience… unless Cousin Vicki just happens to have some juicy gossip.
Not to victim blame but who the fuck in their right mind chooses to STAY ANYWAY?! FUCK THAT JOB!! ITS GETTING FLOODED!! You wouldn’t be able to work anyway!! Like what???? I don’t understand that part but this dude really needs jail too. What is with this fuck ass system
No job is worth your life.
"Perished" instead of died, too.
I hope for some justice for the families. This is absolutely insane. Our justice system doesn’t exist anymore. Crime is legal now so long as you’re a CEO. Just sad. I hate it here.
Corporates have no soul and no heart. My first job was at a cookie factory, and we had a hurricane come through. Still had to go to work. Winds high enough to shake my car, roads flooded, power lines down, traffic lights down, still had to come to work. I had to risk my life because HEAVEN FORBID some tourists dont have ridiculously overpriced mediocre cookies for a little bit.
Ok but who's risking their life over getting fired. That's their fault, don't get me wrong he's a pos. But that's their fault.
3:36 Reading a CNN headline was your first mistake
What I would do is honestly everyone at that company quit. Just straight up quit not even strike. Quit and publicity tell no one to apply to work there. Just shut the entire company down because no one will work at it.
Something is so inherently wrong with america. The extraction mindset is so common with capitalists it’s just going to get worse.
Just had to earn an extra 16 dollars before drowning in on coming mud rivers
Man's head is more square than Spongebob.
Shit my company sends us home if it even starts raining hard enough. Not saying they are perfect but they would never put us in dangerous situations. The CEO doesn't call us employees. He calls us his co-workers.
Dude is clearly a cold hearted jerk but also a PR idiot. He should have offered each family financial help to soften the burden of the tragedy. Even if he says this isn’t proof of guilt the bad PR and hatred he is facing would have lessened and he would have looked at least human. But now he looks like Scrooge McDuck counting his pennies. Hopefully the lawsuits pan out.
American justice system works like this.
Judge: "Evidence suggests that the defendant is famous and/or wealthy, and thus an exemplary human being, therefore I have no other choice but to apologize for the inconvenience. Case dismissed!"
OR
Judge: "Evidence suggests that the defendant is a working class loser, and thus a threat to public safety, therefore I have no other choice but to condemn this vulgar criminal. Guilty by default on all accounts!"
I haven’t even gotten to watch the video yet but just seeing you in the little preview thing on the YouTube app I can tell you’re British
Ngl, the first video on this apology is somehow my most rewatched August video, was not expecting a follow up ever, but not complaining, well, I am now after hearing he got out of this scot-free
So this is why public speaking classes emphasize eye contact
DAs are horrible who convict people to boost their career
its real messed up how their lives ended. life's short
Damn, i would never expect that corruption is this deep in USA… not
I work in HR and the CEO’s words are extremely deliberate. “Nobody was threatened with termination for leaving,” sure, it would be unbelievably stupid to directly tell employees that they would be fired if they left. HOWEVER, “you’ll be subject to the attendance policy if you leave your shift early” (aka, possibly terminated) is very different, technically means what the CEO said is “true,” and plausible for management to say to employees. It’s extremely sad that no fault was found in this and I hope the employee’s families can one day find peace and justice.
Hey august, as like, the only woman in chat… the beard is not that bad… i kinda fw the beard
the worst part about this, that man didn't even look like he'd have long enough time to atone for his bs even if justice really do come at his door
You don’t sound very bright…..nobody can prevent an employee from leaving a job to avoid danger….jeezus
I think the beard looks great!
With all due respect to your righteous anger, there is a huge mountain right behind the plant!!!! How do you drown in a flood when you're standing at the foot of a huge mountain!?
Only way to get the truth is by suing the company for liability. I hate saying that but it seems to be the only way to get any truth out there.
Safe sleezy build
In Canada, there was a terrible disaster at Westray Mines that killed many workers. The safety violations were so egregious that people were outraged that Occupational Health and Safety violations could not result in jail time. it was an uphill struggle, but criminal penalties were included in the health and safety laws. This nearly shut down the meat packing industry, during covid, as an employee contracted covid at the workplace and died. However, as the employer had been following the safety guidelines, the employer was not deemed criminally responsible for the death.
If Impact Plastics was operating in Canada and the CEO refused to allow workers to get to safety, the CEO would be spending his time in prison, with only the "faint hope' clause" giving him any hope of release before the end of his life.
When there was severe flooding in my area, not only were we sent home, early, people on the second shift were called and told not to come in.
It’s a shame
It’s a shame
She is a cartoonishly horrible person. I can't get my head around somebody actuallu being like she really seems to be. She's like en evil elementary school lunch lady who got promoted.
So the corrupt capitalist was cleared by the corrupt capitalistic system???
I'm shocked!
That greedy maga CEO
The company not being found at fault is disgusting. Those family’s just got left to rot, and a bill for the funeral of their loved one. Plus the grief. Ceo looks like a bulldog.