A female New York Knicks fan who was caught on video dumping a blue and orange trash can during the team’s championship parade has been identified.
In the viral footage, the obese woman clad in team colors is seen as she empties the garbage onto the New York City street and absconds with the can, taking it as a souvenir during the celebration after the hometown heroes won their first NBA title in more than five decades, beating the San Antonio Spurs four games to one.
An additional video showed the woman on the subway with the stolen receptacle.
JP Morgan DEI exec fired for stealing Knicks trash can
40-year-old DEI executive Angie Báez has been fired after she was caught on camera emptying a Knicks-colored trash can onto the street and hauling it home like it was free game.
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In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone, she has been identified as a former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) executive who was employed by one of the country’s biggest banks.
According to the New York Post, 40-year-old Angie Báez was fired by JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday, reaping the costly consequences for her actions after she became famous for all the wrong reasons.
Báez “was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile,” the paper reported.
“She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content,” the Post added, citing sources who said that her employer “looked into the incident after the video surfaced.”
The woman caught on video emptying a public Knicks trash can and stealing from it was identified as Angie Báez.
Báez is a first-generation American of Dominican descent. She was employed by JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and… pic.twitter.com/Y8vNjiHg2y
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A spokesperson for JPMorgan Chase told the paper, “This employee is no longer with the company.”
The now-unemployed exec could not be reached by the Post for comment, sources told the outlet that “she had attended the parade in her personal capacity.”
She saw a Knicks-colored trash can and decided it belonged in her living room. pic.twitter.com/5h5uMa1Vdr
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According to the Post: “Baez also appears to have co-founded a queer and Black, Indigenous and People of Color-owned talent agency, Same Page Co., which is ‘focused on increasing representation and equity in media and industry. It works with artists/talent on creative projects, photoshoots, strategy, and business affairs.’”
Baez could face additional woe in addition to being sacked. Theft of public property is a violation of New York City law, with stealing of property under $1,000 usually charged as petit larceny, which is a Class A misdemeanor. Littering could result in an additional penalty.
“Dumping trash onto the street and stealing public property for your own personal use are both illegal, antisocial behaviors, and not what New Yorkers do. On top of all that, doing both on camera is incredibly stupid,” the New York City Department of Sanitation told the paper in a statement.
