Prosecutors say Taneka Talley was killed while working at Dollar Tree because she was black, and now Dollar Tree is denying her 11-year-old her worker’s comp because they deem racially-motivated murders on-the-job to be “personal” and not “work-related.” Empathy costs more than a dollar, it seems.

Firm denies workers’ comp in racial killing [SFGate] (Thanks to Kevin!)

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