samedi 12 mai 2018

Shopping While Black

Black mom and daughter call Brooklyn boutique clerks racist after being accused of shoplifting

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Originally Posted by New York Daily News
A black Brooklyn lawyer and her biracial daughter say they were accused of shoplifting by the white clerks of a Williamsburg vintage clothing store, then handcuffed by police blocks from the shop, only to be released when cops realized the pair was innocent.

A mother-daughter day out last Friday ended in Woodhull hospital after Nancy Bedard, an attorney with Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. B, and her college-age daughter decided to try on a couple of dresses in Amarcord Vintage Fashion in the heart of the hipster neighborhood...

..."Basically, there was some furtive behavior on the part of the patrons, an employee asked about an item of clothing and that question alone prompted the patron to pull the race card," Daniel Kron, the attorney for the store owners, said. "At no time was the word 'shoplifting' used except by the patron," he said.

According to Kron, Bedard said, "'Cause I'm black you think I'm stealing?"...


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.3985284


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