Heather Ellis Faces 15 Years Jail for Cutting the Line in Walmart

There is something really problematic with this from jump street. The players in this incident, is a mixed marriage to be sure. But not surprising, as biased security practices, questionable police involvement in past Walmart incidents, have had KKK stigmatisms coloring their occurrences vividly. This is one in many reasons in my eyesight some have serious problems separating Walmart from its rural Jim Crow environmental beginnings. The average upstanding American Corporations would have stymied this nonsense at the counter. I wouldn’t be writing this article, Ms Elis would have been in Med School, and you wouldn’t be hearing about another Walmart screw over of what in reality is one of their customers. We need to stay on this one until it is resolved justly GeoGee

All the woman had to do was wait HER TURN in line. Heather shoved another customer's stuff on the register belt, was called on it by the employee and all the sudden "RACISM!!!" Bull crap!

Yes, Heather was wrong by cutting in line and she should have waited her turned. However, facing 15 years of prison time is completely unnecessary. This woman should face no prison time at all. Maybe a fine and some community service, but prison? That's ridiculous!

I don't think 15 years is warranted, but the woman was wrong, disruptive and beligerent. So she should get a good fine and alot of community service, not a prison sentence. She was in the wrong from the begining, So her arrest was warranted. So for that reason, this isn't a race case. But you know they will try and use that to get her off. Why do we use the race card for such trival things, she was stupid and out of control thats all.

The 15 years is NOT for cutting in line. It's for her belligerent attitude, resisting arrest when she would not stop with that behavior AND for assaulting a police officer. Once again, the whole story hasn't been told here.I happen to live in the area where this occurred and I know witnesses (of both white and African American origins) who were at the WalMart when this happened and they state that she went crazy.So if you're going to "report" something, at least get all of the facts straight and stop posting half-truths.Personally, I feel that she's shaming the African American population.

  Come on now belligerence is not a crime,we all have done it to a lesser degree,long lines, tempers,egos bad mix. (I personally HATE when its done to me) In Cali. R.A. is a misdemeanor. It is punishable by up to one year in a county jail and/or a maximum $1,000 fine. typically one  think of “resisting arrest” as being a physical act, it doesn’t have to be. Verbal or other non-violent acts may also subject you to a Penal Code 148 charge, the arresting officer has a good deal of  discretion one would assume.  Generally, where the arrest is lawful, the person being arrested has no right to resist. If, however, the police officer uses excessive force in the execution of a "lawful" arrest, then there may be conditions upon which an assault(on the officer) is justified by self-defense.Where there is no fear of death or serious bodily injury,  complying with the arresting officers is a safer bet, trust me. By complying with the arrest, you can plead your case before a "neutral" court.  Anyway lock her up give her the max, 15years she is clearly a danger(she did bust his lip)and needs to be tought a lesson a long one. Here comes the math   it will cost  $22,650 per year  to keep her on lock X 15 =$339,750 of tax  payers money (that was in 2001) I personally feel she shamed all Walmart shoppers,this would never have happened at Target.