{"id":32080,"date":"2024-11-18T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32080"},"modified":"2025-02-20T00:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:43:51","slug":"marine-kicked-out-of-walmart-store-because-of-uniform%f0%9f%98%b1-what-happens-next-went-completely-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32080","title":{"rendered":"Marine Kicked Out Of Walmart Store Because Of Uniform\ud83d\ude31 &#8211; What,>>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1186.png 600w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1186-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A retired Marine, John Harkness, and his wife, Lynn, sparked a national outcry after being asked to leave a Walmart in Arizona while collecting toys for <em>Toys for Tots<\/em>. A store employee claimed their Marine uniforms could &#8220;frighten&#8221; customers, violating store policy. The incident, captured on video, went viral, prompting widespread outrage and calls to boycott Walmart. The company later apologized, donated $50,000 to the charity, and promised to support military families. In response, local businesses rallied around John and Lynn, raising record donations for <em>Toys for Tots<\/em>. John received recognition for his service, and the community\u2019s support highlighted the importance of honoring veterans and helping those in need during the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=32077\">also read&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retired Marine, John Harkness, and his wife, Lynn, sparked a national outcry after being asked to leave a Walmart in Arizona while collecting toys for Toys&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47352,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32080\/revisions\/47352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}