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Twitter rallies behind Target manager Tori after journalist David Leavitt calls police over “$0.01” toothbrush

Twitter users want to send the Target manager on vacation after the incident.

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Twitter users are showing their support for a Target manager named “Tori” after reporter David Leavitt called the police and attempted to publicly shame her for refusing to sell him a toothbrush for $0.01.

Leavitt found the toothbrush in a Massachusetts Target store, snapped a photo of it next to a display model which had a $0.01 price tag, and attempted to get Tori to sell him the toothbrush for $0.01. When Tori refused, Leavitt posted her name and photo to his 200,000+ Twitter followers, accused Target of violating Massachusetts Item Pricing Law, and called the police.

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Leavitt then threatened to take Tori and Target to court over the incident and added that “he has not been able to afford to go to a dentist in over three years.”

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One Twitter user highlighted that the law Leavitt is citing appears to only apply to food and grocery stores, not general merchandise retailers like Target.

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Additionally, Target has responded to Leavitt and said that the $0.01 tag in his photograph shows display and is not for the item he is holding in the photograph.

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Other Twitter users responded to Leavitt’s toothbrush-related Twitter outburst by pointing to his history of attempting to shame retail employees on Twitter over price matches.

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Twitter users also highlighted Leavitt’s history of insensitive tweets after the Manchester Arena bombing and Anthony Bourdain’s suicide.

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However, in addition to debunking Leavitt’s arguments and bringing attention to Leavitt’s questionable past tweets, the Twitterverse has also thrown its support behind Tori who has made it onto Twitter’s Trending list.

#Tori started to trend on Twitter as users showed their support for her after dealing with Leavitt
#Tori started to trend on Twitter as users showed their support for her after dealing with Leavitt

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Meme maker Carpe Donktum also set up a GoFundMe to send Tori on vacation which passed its $5,000 target in just a few hours.

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Beyond being sympathetic towards Tori for having to deal with Leavitt, some Twitter users are suggesting she should sue while others are recommending that Target give her a raise and extra vacation time.

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