According to the AJC, a Publix employee told a Cobb County deputy that she witnessed Thomas "continuously tell Eric Sparkes to ‘Go back where you came from,’” but not from Sparkes.
The employee also reportedly told the police, “Mr. Sparkes began to leave, but Ms. Thomas kept ‘running her mouth’ as she approached him."
Thomas reportedly told police that Sparkes ran up to her "with clenched hands in such a manner that he made me fearful for the safety of myself and my daughter.”
However, the deputy indicated in his report that Sparkes, a Cuban Democrat, "did not appear to be irate, nor did I see him with clenched hands" in security camera footage he viewed.
