Former Hingham, MA Postal Worker Hugson Jean Talks About Erika Winchester's Racist Attack

HINGHAM (CBS) — A racially-charged video has gone viral, and a former Hingham mailman says it cost him his job.

Postal worker Hugson Jean made sure his cell phone camera was rolling when a customer launched into a tirade.

"No one would believe me if I didn't do this," he told WBZ-TV's Beth Germano.

The video has now been seen by tens of thousands of people nationwide. Jean, 48, took it with his cell phone last October when he tried to deliver a certified letter to Hingham resident Erika Winchester.

In the video Winchester is heard swearing and using racial epithets. He says she knew he was recording her and when Jean asks Winchester, "Why call me the "n" name?" Winchester responds, "Because you're acting like a moron."

Jean also says that Winchester slapped him so hard he had double vision. He says he couldn't pull away because she was so close to his truck and now he claims the encounter cost him his job with the postal service.

"They just couldn't do it based on my performance," he said. "They tried to find other ways and finally they found a way."

Jean claims he'd been subjected to verbal abuse from his supervisors because he was the only African American employed at the Hingham office. This video, he believes, shows him to be a troublemaker, not a victim, in their eyes.

But a statement from postal service says, "Let me assure you that the employee's job status has nothing whatsoever to do with the video."

According to Hingham Police Winchester was charged last year with assault and battery hate crime, but Hugson didn't want to testify against her.

There's a discrepancy in the case because Hugson says he was never notified and did want his day in court.

The postal service says the video was disturbing and they pursued the incident through the local police.

Hugson claims no action was taken by his supervisors.

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[TheAkatsuki10]

She needs to be shot with a Winchester rifle...

[allenanb]

I hate that his employer is doing whatever they can to screw him over. I know how that system works of leaving their employees as defenseless as possible and sing that to their advantage. I'm sre that in whatever small racist ass town he lives in they couldnt wait to getird of him, and had no intention of giving him the chance to bring his case to court. I hate when coorperations abuse our justice system to defend some entitled rotary club member who goes around slapping perfect strangers.

[juki0h]

where does she live, ill trash her house! someone tell me the address

[michelyn1975]

WHATS HER ADDRESS?

[DigitalPraise7]

Why was she going so ape s*** over a letter?!?

[IRON2SIPMICPROD]

@IRON2SIPMICPROD OH YEAH REMEMBER THAT CLOUT WAS GAINED FROM THE LATER INCIDENCES REVOLVING AROUND THIS ERA OF SLAVERY AND SCHOOLS THAT WERE EUROCENTRIC! THEY GAINED CLOUT AND RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF THIS AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER? EVERYONE IN THE REMOTE SENSE FORGOT THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT CAME BEFORE THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL EVEN EXISTED AND WERE THUS KEPT HIDDEN EVEN WITH THE FRENZIE OF SOCIAL MEDIA! YOU WOULD ASK HOW...SO WOULD I.

[IRON2SIPMICPROD]

THE THING IS; THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH TO WHAT SHE IS SAYING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLLY THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE YEARS CONCERNING THESE VERY TWO CONTINENTS MENTIONED BELOW. IMAGINE A BLACK HISTORY MONTH ADDRESSING THE GOOD HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THE FOLLY...WOW! IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT IT MAY BE SEEN AS GOOD BUT OUTSIDE OF IT IT IS INSOLENCE! AFRICA'S KINGDOMS WERE KNOWN FOR AFFLUENCE BUT GIVING OUT SERVANTS WAS TOO MUCH OF A GIFT SO THE ENRAGED EUROPEANS STRUCK!

[BigReggieStyleHarlem]

Erika D Winchester

21 Kimball Beach Rd Hingham, MA 02043-1145

(781) 749-2865