Dunkin’ employees fired after viral video shows worker dumping water on homeless man

The video posted Sunday night shows the man, identified as Jeremy Dufresne by The Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York, , sitting at a table with his head down. One employee at the Syracuse store says something about Dufresne sleeping, then dumps the water on him.

“How many times I’ve got to tell you to stop sleeping in here,” he said, while another person laughs. “You’re here all day.”

As Dufresne gathers his wet phone and charger, he mumbles that it was an accident. The employee tells Dufresne that he’s not going to call the cops on him, but wants him to leave.

The Post-Standard reports that Dufresne suffers from schizophrenia and was inside the Dunkin’ to charge his phone to call his mother to say goodnight.

The video, which has racked up more than 1 million views on Facebook, attracted the attention of homeless advocate Al-amin Muhammad. He visited the store Monday, asking employees about the incident and threatening a boycott if the situation was not addressed.

Muhammad said he felt the staff brushed off his concerns; he organized a demonstration in front of the Dunkin’ later that day.

“My message was to them that nobody deserves to be treated like this because I was treated like this when I was homeless,” he said.

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