A Mississippi mother claims she, her teenage son, and his friends were fired from their job at a Mississippi Burger King after a social media post she made proudly showing off the boys for taking the summer gig and staying away from street violence went viral.
Manager Shakayla Dixon hired her 15-year-old son, Corderrion Valentine, and his four friends at the Clinton, Miss., fast food joint to help them earn extra money and keep them off the streets until school started in the fall, WLBT reported.
“I felt like it was a good thing because we could have really been out doing violence or shooting or killing, but we went out and worked,” Valentine told the outlet.
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