Tacoma family claims son was harassed while shopping, demands answers
Darius Alexander hoped that his son’s first trip to the movies as a teenager with his friends would become a happy story. Unfortunately, when they went to a nearby Dollar Tree to buy some candy, the story his son told was much different.
“They’re in there maybe 5-6 minutes, and they come back out, and when they get into the car, they tell me as soon as they walked in they were followed down the aisle,” Alexander recalled his son saying. “A clerk approached them, and told them they were caught stealing before or were accused of stealing before, questioned them on the validity on whether or not they were going to pay for the candy, then they took the candy, made them go to the front of the store, then said leave.”
After hearing what happened, Alexander's wife, Monica, tried to call the store to get clarity, but said she was dismissed by the manager on duty.
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For Darius Alexander, the incident was just a small example of a harsh reality that he has to prepare his son for.
“I just saw it as a normal thing Black and Brown kids go through as they mature and become men,” he said. “I’ve been through it a million times myself. So, unfortunately, my thought process was to teach them how to navigate the world we live in.”
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