Walmart Clerk Accused of Slapping Black Boy, Causing Black Eye

An employee of a Walmart in Memphis is being investigated for slapping a 6-year-old in the face and causing a black eye. Local news reports that a mother visiting from California claims the incident reportedly happened at a Walmart store at Winchester and Highway 385. Dominique Lax said her son, Antonio, was slapped in the face and left with a black eye after a clerk in the automotive department got irritated with him Sunday (Oct. 23). The mother told Fox 13 News that her son was watching cartoons on the TV in the automotive waiting room as she was waiting on a battery to be installed in her car. Lax said moments later, the clerk took the remote from Antonio which made him upset. The mom said her 6-year-old was agitated and bumped his shoulder into the clerk resulting in the clerk then slapping him in the face. “Before I knew it, she comes from behind her desk and smacked my six-year-old right in the face,” Dominique Lax said. Walmart managers told the news station that there is a video of the incident. Walmart has reportedly fired the employee involved.