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Tateasa Adams was merely trying to secure employment at Six Flags Over Georgia, but the amusement park took her background check way further than any one of us could imagine!
As she arrived for what she THOUGHT was a follow up interview at the Six Flags Over Georgia employment office, Adams was arrested and transported to Cobb County jail.
Her crime? Unemployment… 
Adams was unfairly subjected to the humiliation of being fingerprinted, photographed & locked up in Cobb County jail all over a missed court date… but here’s the clincher!
Her arrest was coordinated entirely by Six Flags Over Georgia and any of you applying for jobs this Summer better make dayum sure you don’t have any issues on your record before you submit your application!
The Atlanta amusement park cleverly duped the unemployed job seeker into coming in for what appears to have been a fake job interview after she failed their criminal background check.
According to the AJC, Tateasa applied for a job as a performer in two musical revues and had been offered a position. She said the Austell amusement park’s loss prevention department contacted her following a background check inquiring about a few traffic misdemeanors and she’d explained the situation.
Adams thought she was returning to Six Flags Over Georgia for a follow-up interview.
Little did she know that the follow up interview was merely a crude “sting operation” coordinated by the funpark to have her arrested. Her “follow up interview” ended with her in handcuffs, arrested on an outstanding warrant for missing a court date for two misdemeanor traffic violations in Gwinnett County.
I have never been so humiliated in my life, all because I wanted a job,” Adams, 37, said in a phone interview with the AJC.
So the “sting” went like this…
Six Flags sent Adams an email confirming her appointment on Feb. 29 for a “pre-appointment screen.” She was instructed to return to the park “dressed in business attire — this is an interview.”
Adams was also told to bring a valid photo identification.
“I arrived early,” she said. “When I got there they sat me down in a room with a video camera, took my license, and had me fill out another application.”
While the job hopeful was doing what she was asked, park officials were in another room on the phone with Cobb County authorities verifying her identity.
Within 45 minutes of her “interview” she was arrested her in the loss prevention office.
In a statement issued to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Six Flags says:
As part of our standard hiring procedure, all potential employees over the age of 18 must undergo a criminal history background check.
In this particular instance, a warrant was discovered. Per our guidelines, Cobb County Police were notified and an arrest was made.
Now I don’ t know about you, but I’ve never heard of a potential employee having you locked up for missed court dates. That is… unless you’re applying for a job with the courts (or law enforcement).
Labor and employment attorney Ed Buckley said while it’s not unusual for businesses to notify law enforcement of a scofflaw, he’s never heard of one actually facilitating an arrest.
“It seems to me a dangerous practice to engineer someone’s arrest,” Buckley told the AJC. “They run the risk of creating unnecessary claims for themselves. It just doesn’t make any sense.”
Even Cobb County police admit that the arrest was unusual for the department. “We try to keep businesses out of the loop any way we can,” said a spokesperson.
After her arrest, Adams was issued citations for driving without insurance and an expired tag, charges she received in 2010. She posted $1,845 bond and was released.
This could have been you….
What do you think about Six Flags’ involvement in this arrest?
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this was bogus and should never have happened they should have simply declined her request for employment, i hope she sue their ass!!!!
agreed.
See… this right here is why people shoot up places! I know it was some old over zealous "loss prevention" officer (wannabee cop) who thought he was doing something! I hope a lawyer takes this case because things like this shouldn’t be TOLERATED!
I’m mad!
If she would had gone to court thus wouldn’t had happened. Sorry but I side with them not her. She would have been caught eventually it is just that she was caught like this when she thought she had a job.
That is super bogus especially for a crime like that I sure do hope she does SUE!
^^Sean – But is it really Six Flags responsibility to have her locked up? Sure she would have gotten caught eventually, or maybe she would have paid gotten it all cleared up AFTER she got a job. Whatever the case may be I think that they were way out of line and I work in law enforcement!
People these days are lacking any type of compassion! Imagine if you lost your job through no fault of your own and had to pay a fine or missed a court date because a loved one was sick. Some things are unavoidable. And because WE AS HUMANS all fail, it is WRONG for that employer (who hadn’t even employed the person by the way) to take an interest in having her locked up.
You have a right to your opinion SHAWN but there is no excuse for this.
Someone at Six Flags needs to get a life. They just needed to do something to make them feel important. Unfortunately, it was at Tateasa’s expense. I hope she turns out okay. God bless her.
She’ll sue and win lol
They spent all that money for a STING for TWO DAMN TRAFFIC TICKETS???? The Cost of that Sting was more than her fine was. I guarantee you. Sure she should’ve paid her tickets. But how was she going to do so if she didn’t have a job to pay them with? Damn times is hard out here. Most people want to take care of their tickets without hassle…but damn choosing between paying that ticket or feeding yourself is a hard one. I’ve been through that. I wasn’t arrested luckily, but I was awful damn paranoid until I was able to get some employment again
THIS IS JUST TYPICAL BEHAVIOR FROM RACIST WHITE PEOPLE. NOTHING NEW TO SEE HERE… BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE WAKE UP AND GET YOUR OWN. WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR US AND NEVER WILL. THEY PREFER US ALL TO BE DEAD, LOCKED UP, THEIR SLAVES. REAL TALK!!!!
Hopefully, that mugshot is picture of the new owner of that park. SUE THEIR ASS.
just crazy.
mskayty says:
May 9, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Hopefully, that mugshot is picture of the new owner of that park. SUE THEIR ASS.
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Damn Bastards! I would sue the crap out of them, its not their business, simply don’t hire me. She needs to sue for emotional distress thinking she was about to get a job but instead she got this.
This is completely RAH-DICULOUS!!! What if this woman has children…this may have interfered with her picking them up or being home when they arrived from school! Thank you ATLien for posting this story…Hell, before you know it when you go for a drug test, they will have the cops waiting for you if you drop a dirty!!
Since Six Flags is on that BS, I say we boycott them! I for one will not be going to Six Flags because my $$ could possibly assist them in another arrest!
I think Six Flags should put under investigation but glad you posted on it because they may now have a bigger problem than originated
Six Flags won’t get u locked up-u get yourself locked up when u do stupid stuff. IF u know u missed your court date, have outstanding tickets, warrants, etc be responsible enough to call and/or visit the courthouse to take care of these matters. When u leave loose legal strings TRUST other ppl WILL tie them up for u!~ All she had to do was contact customer service upon coming back to GA to settle the issue instead of avoiding it altogether.
This was bogus through and through , I understand alerting authorities, but setting her up like that. I’m not understanding why a private entity had to take it that far. It was traffic violations. Usually thats a bench warrant. She didn’t kill anyone. Taxpayer money @work.
At least she is trying to secure employment!!! Damn, they act like she was engaged in criminal activity!
I’m boycotting six flags.
I’m with Travis!
The park had no business getting involved. This is crazy.
Wowzers
As an hr professional, I can ensure you that this is highly inappropriate. The correct response from Six Flags was to advise the candidate that based on her background check results Six Flags would be unable to extend their offer of employment to her or would need to rescind the offer of employment if the offer had previously been made. Then they are legally supposed to offer her a copy of the background report results that they received so that she can review the information in case there are errors that she needs to have cleared up. I can almost guarantee you that this was either personal or that there was some sort of kick back promised to Six Flags as a result of this arrest and similar arrests. I have worked for companies in which people had much more serious offenses, assaults, etc. and the process that I mentioned above is usually what is followed.
Your past always comes back to bite you in the ass.
Six Flags went above and beyond. Standard Operating Procedures for most HR is to alert the proper authorities then keep it moving. You have CYA in the matter and now it is in the cops or sheriffs hands.
That’s the good old south for you! I hate GEORGIA!! Everything here is so backwards. They act like this woman is a violent criminal on the run. It was traffic violations. You never know someone’s circumstances. It says after her arrest she was issued citations for no insurance and expired tag…all which may have been avoided if she HAD A JOB…which is what she was trying to do. I would SUE the shit outta Six Flags because I’m pretty damn sure NO WHERE does it say on her background consent form if you are found to have outstanding warrants Law Enforcement will be notified! It’s not standard practice. This really just made me upset. A few years ago I lost my job and my insurance lapsed therefore my tag expired because I didn’t have valid insurance and the insurance company had my license suspended…ALL BECAUSE MY EMPLOYER WENT BANKRUPT!! I had to put a fake tag on my car to take my children to school, go to the grocery store and LOOK FOR A JOB to get legit. But sometimes you don’t have choices. Shit like this can happen to anybody! Maybe she was a victim of circumstances and not just a bum bitch. Hopefully some good will come out of her situation.
Wow!
I’ve got a friend who has inside info that this is standard operating procedure for Six Flags Over Ga and Cobb County PD and has been for some time. There is a rather incestuous at work here (although I would stop short of thinking any kickback was involved) because SFOG employs many off duty CCPD including some higher ranking ones. Doesn’t surprise me that they go to extremes in the relationship.
OMG @Leslie Watkins, thank youuuu!!! Come on…it’s a criminal background check!!! They cannot help what they say when they requested the background check. Smh at some people…
For the record, my opinion is that this is a raggedy practice for SFOG and CCPD to be engaged in. But this is how the criminal justice system works. We are one very small step from a totalitarian police state, and most people seem blissfully ignorant of that fact.
This is just not right….smh…it is hard out here in these streets!
That is just plain stupid! How the heck is she going to pay the traffic tickets if she is in jail. A job a Six Flags don’t take a active driver’s licence. MILLIONS ride public transportation! This was a cruel and vindictive act of a demented mind. Mine your own business…! The person who did this will eventually have the same done to them one day.
IT’S SOMETHING IN THE DOGGONE WATER IN GEORGIA… JUMPING THE GUN & ERRRRRRRRRRRTHING ELSE! UGH!
i would completely understand this story if the bitch was on America’s Most Wanted…but for traffic violations…this was too much!
This is the same thing that happened to one of my girlfriends teenage son just last year when he went to get a summer job while he was on summer break from an out of state college. He had gotten arrested at Six Flags after a follow up interview. This would be his third year as a returning seasonal employee. He was arrested but released because they realized that he actually did not have to go to court becuase he had paid his ticket. Unfortunatly they had not updated it in their records.
Last year I had a season pass for Six Flags and one of their workers slammed the harness for a ride into my stomach. I went to medical and complained and asked to be examed. A big rasist white man in there was very rude to me and threathened to have me escorted from the park all because I asked to have a copy of proof that I was seen in the medical facility there and they did not even have an x-ray machine. i called corporate and they didn’t give a shit. I have not been back since and I say lets boycott those racist bastards!!!!!!! Phuck a Six Flags!!!!
fuck that! by law six flags ain’t have to do shit. snitch ass bitches. i will never take my kid there.
Now that was totally uncalled for. Six Flags act like the lady was wanted for murder or something but tickets, come on now. That’s just some wannabe trying to be important.
I bet my bottom dollar it was somebody black who reported her. Probably a wannabe cop "Security Guard" trying to do something to get a promotion.
i think authorities..was called cause she had a warrant and by law where ever u are at..they gota come get u..some slide threw the gaps..but she have to be accountable for her actions..she shoulda went to court..all this could have been avoided..anytime background check is done..its done threw the system anyway ..cnt go around it..
WHY DIDNT THE POLICE GO TO HER HOUSE AND PICK HER UP?
They’ve been doing these things for years. Fake prize winners, jobs and vacation winners all get it. It’s for past issues like tickets, child support and such things.
Do you people know how ignorant you sound? Get an education! Then maybe you’ll have better employment than at SIX FLAGS (please) and will lose that chip on your shoulder! Not everything is based on race, but on your actions!
Boycott all you want bitches. Six Flags is better without y’all.
Six flags employee alot of off duty cobb county police officer. What do she think would have happened if they had a random road block? Fyi traffic tickets are classified as criminal here in the state of georgia. as a taxi driver i picked up plenty of people who missed a court date on a 15 dollar seat belt ticket and was tossed in jail and had their cars impounded. If u dont have the money they will allow u to go on payment arrangement or do community service work until its paid off..fyi if u come to atl station with your pants sanging down watch how many police come
Yes that was trickery and traumatizing for woman who just wanted an honest job,but now she can look at it this way it will all behind her and she’s forced to correct the wrong she did in the past. It’s no fun looking over your shoulder worried about the Law anyway.
Some of y’all sound dumb as hell! If she wastes her time with a lawsuit, she won’t win. She signed the release for her background to be checked. It says CRIMINAL background investigation. She had bench warrants. While I don’t know what the proper procedure is for bench warrants, I do know the lawsuit won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on. I agree the ‘sting’ was elaborate, but she was in the wrong point blank.
I stopped supporting Six Flags in any way, shape, form or fashion when I read their policy that they don’t hire people who wear their hair in locs!!!! Black people wake up! This was waaaaaay beyond good business practice or good hiring practices. With all of the KKK and militiamen hiding in the woods in Georgia . . . ?
Their actions were uncalled for. You’d think they’d have better things to do with their time.
Soooooo, kkk, OFF DUTY COPP POLICE DEPT ARE ALL SIX FLAGS EMPLOYEES. SHIT MY AZZ WONT GO TO APPY FOR WORK NOR PARTAKE IN THEIR SERVICES OTHER WORDS MY BLACK AZZ NOT COMING IN.SS
I MET A KKK ONETIME IN MY HOME STATE, WE AGREED WE WOULDNT KILL EACH.LOL.I TOLD HIM I WAS MALCOLM X’S DAUGHTER, "ANY MEANS NECESSARY M F"!!
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Time to put 666 Flags over Georgia outta business like the one that was in Miami.
All of you are fucking idiots Six Flags has every right to do that. They run a background check if all of you would know that the background check says notify the police dumbass.Black people just need to grow the fuck up just like that trayvin Martin shit band wagon jumpers when u deserve it u deserve fuck all you bitches who has something to say about six flags dumb motherfuckers
Six flags need to get rid of whomever runs their loss prevention department, b4 1 of the victims of those wanna b cops/detectives cause six flags to pay out d ass…ridiculous
This happened to my cousin back in the mid 90′s, she was like 20. She missed a court date for something to do with traffic and playing with a car and they issued a warrant, she got a job at K-mart and when her background check came back she was arrested at work at her new job her first day. However, the manager from K-mart called my Aunt and told her that she was still employed and when she got out she should come back to work. I can’t remember if she went back though.
Wow way too much time on their hands. Someone watched one too many episodes of cops.
So, she skips the court date? Now she is pissed that she got locked up? Kinda like a hooker being caught by an under cover if you ask me. Good job Six Flags! Maybe this time she will go this court date.
LoL,Six Flags got a new Jailhouse ride….Iam staying off it.
Now, girl, sue until they install a rollercoaster in your backyard, them inbreed rednecks without a life…
Funny how blacks blame whites for all of their stupidity. Perhaps if they would take responsibility for their actions, they wouldn’t end up in handcuffs. By the way, a lot of unemployed people go to court everyday and take care of their responsibilities. Also, most security at s.f.o.GA. is black. Do you also blame whites for your laziness and your preference to be on wellfare? She got what she deserved. She’s as ignorant as all of u.
I WORKED AT SIX FLAGS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND FOR CERTAIN ,,,WITHOUT A DOUBT I CAN SAY FIRST HAND SIX FLAGS ARE RACIST ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALWAYS WILL BE ,,,,,,,,,,,I WILL NEVER LET MY PRE TEENS WORK AT SIX FLAGS . THEY ARE LOW DOWN ..THEY TREAT THERE EMPLOYEES UNFAIR,,,THATS WHY THEY HARDLY GET BUSINESS A LOT OF BUSINESS LOST TO ,,,WILD ADVENTURES IN VALDOSTA GA.
RACIST SIX FLAGS ……….THEY ARE A THING OF THE PAST.
I have worked in a HR department for years and we regularly do background and credit checks. It is not a requirement to notify law enforcement. Six Flags was out of line.
Six Flags has the right to call the police because on the form it states to notify the police.
I worked in the past for Six Flags doing background checks. The interview she was talking about is a pre-employment interview. Many people apply at Six Flags because they think that Six Flags will not do a background check.
It is what it is! Why are people trying to get out of paying their tickets, fines, etc?? They are going to get you any which way they can and have every right to do it too! Pay your dMn fines and tickets !!
DAMN I KNOW I’M ALL LATE WITH MY COMMENT AND EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT THE HELL!!! SIX FLAGS SOME DAMN SNITCHES! ARE YOU SERIOUS, SEE THAT’S THAT GEORGIA, NO OFFENSE, BUT DAMN COME ON, YOU COULD TOLD OLE GIRL, LOOK YOU GOT A WARRANT AND WE CANT HIRE YOU, SO GO HANDLE THAT AND THEN REAPPLY, THANKS FOR THE INFO THO, SO NOW I KNOW WHATS GOOD IN THE A!!! THAT SOME B.S.!!! TEE TEE
I’m a security officer with Six Flags Over Georgia. Our Security and Loss Prevention work very closely with Cobb County Police. Several Cobb County Police officers are employed part-time by Six Flags so that we constantly have police at the park. I don’t see the problem everyone is having with Six Flags assisting in her arrest.