GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Little Caesars near Snellville is under scrutiny after a sign posted at the restaurant warned customers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be called if suspicious activity was detected.
Caleb Marsh, who says he’s the general manager at the Stone Mountain Highway take-out location, defended the sign.
“I’m just keeping people safe and keeping our community safe,” he told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson.
Before Marsh’s interview with us, the sign in Spanish translated to: “No eating or loitering in the store. Any suspicious activity will be reported to ICE.”
After our interview, he changed the sign to read: “Anything suspicious will be reported to law enforcement.”
When asked if Little Caesars corporate knew about it, he responded, “I mean, not that I know, but I’m just keeping people safe.”
Marsh dismissed concerns that the sign was offensive.
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“If you know people are going to be offended, if they’re not here legally, you know, they can be offended.” He added, “If you’re not here legally, you know, you shouldn’t be here. You know, there’s a process.”
While Marsh acknowledged that loitering happens, he downplayed its significance.
“It’s not really a problem, but it does happen. It is a frequent thing, but it’s not like a huge problem,” he told Johnson.
Minerva Solano, a customer who noticed the sign Wednesday, described it as intimidating.
“It was most like, like a threat,” she said. “It’s mostly a threat towards the minority community.”
Solano also expressed concerns that the sign could lead to discrimination.
“If you just go to an establishment, they could say that you were doing some suspicious activity when you’re actually not. So it is a threat,” Solano said.
She said the sign has permanently changed her perception of the restaurant and that she won’t be back.
“Definitely not,” she said. “That was the last time.”
Johnson reached out to Little Caesars for comment. The company sent him a statement, saying: “We have contacted the franchisee of the independently owned location and the sign has been removed. This does not represent our policy.”
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