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malaise

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51. You see African-Americans must not be able to afford what white saleswomen can't buy

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Sat May 12, 2018, 06:50 PM

May 2018

so we're all thieves because we studied hard and achieved.
Fuck this shit!

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Cops called on Black Mother out shopping with her child.. [View all] HipChick May 2018 OP

I hope she sues for every last cent the business is worth and then a lot more. onecaliberal May 2018 #1

This! rusty fender May 2018 #2

Me, too! Glorfindel May 2018 #3

Me three! CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #6

Absolutely. dalton99a May 2018 #9

And names the clerk in the suit. WhiteTara May 2018 #55

I agree, but it's not good enough to expect black folk to recover money AFTER the fact EffieBlack May 2018 #60

Exactly. kag May 2018 #93

she should sue to own the business so she can set the rules. demigoddess May 2018 #62

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #126

And the woman is a lawyer lillypaddle May 2018 #4

The owners' response is stupid. yardwork May 2018 #5

+1. "Basically, there was some furtive behavior on the part of the blacks" dalton99a May 2018 #16

I know, really.. explain "furtive Cha May 2018 #65

"Furtive behavior" means shopping while black! jrthin May 2018 #80

+1 uponit7771 May 2018 #33

I know, yardwork.. just begging to be protested.. Especially Cha May 2018 #63

The sentence is just poorly written. kag May 2018 #95

Thank you, kag! It was Cha May 2018 #98

Go for it and take both for every penny. n/t sarge43 May 2018 #7

Hope she ends up owning the store. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #8

I agree get the red out May 2018 #14

They protested at ther store which is a good start. Merlot May 2018 #40

"there needs to be some kind of deterrent in place" kag May 2018 #96

Here is the response form Amarcord oberliner May 2018 #10

Calling the victims liars ejbr May 2018 #19

"Shocked, our employee pursued them outside in an attempt to sort things out." Anon-C May 2018 #81

They got a shock alright ejbr May 2018 #127

Fuck Amacord. I hope that the lying, racist fucks are sued into oblivion. MrScorpio May 2018 #25

There are a lot of unsubstantiated statements in the owner's statement. Sounds like a court case. erronis May 2018 #29

THis -- they absolutely defamed the patrons obamanut2012 May 2018 #42

Just to be sure, safeinOhio May 2018 #39

Idiots obamanut2012 May 2018 #41

"Shocked" I tell you Merlot May 2018 #43

If the store is so confident, then release the full security camera footage. AJT May 2018 #47

Epic fail mcar May 2018 #53

This reads like "how dare they get angry!" gollygee May 2018 #64

They're full of shit. The police already said they were called Thrill May 2018 #97

Wow. kag May 2018 #99

"OUR Statement Was Promptly Deleted" DallasNE May 2018 #108

The husband deleted the statement from his FB page oberliner May 2018 #112

thanks for the email of the owner Patti lunasun May 2018 #132

Seems like it was the clerk's fault. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #11

The whole difference between events reported by both sides is astonishing. moriah May 2018 #24

+1. Imo, it's WRONG to believe any account yet. Hortensis May 2018 #34

That really isn't what I'm arguing. moriah May 2018 #46

:) I worked with/around attorneys in business Hortensis May 2018 #49

WTH, facts are available. Cops found nothing stolen. brush May 2018 #56

Part of the story. How about any witnesses and video? Hortensis May 2018 #61

If the employee was touching her, it should be on the tape. forgotmylogin May 2018 #48

I think the touching occurred as she followed them down the street. nt tblue37 May 2018 #89

Whoa. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #67

"They knew you were going to shoplift the minute you walked in the door," Demovictory9 May 2018 #12

Yeah, I don't get that.. was that the manager talking? Cha May 2018 #68

Siccing the cops on brown/black people you don't like has consequences dalton99a May 2018 #13

welcome to the usa folks . this crap has been going on for decades AllaN01Bear May 2018 #15

"a misunderstanding ensued inside our store" More_Cowbell May 2018 #17

Their whole post is we believe our employee's version of events, not those people we called the cops TeamPooka May 2018 #18

I know.. UnFreakingReal.. such a good Cha May 2018 #69

Boggles my mind, Cha mcar May 2018 #75

Right, mcar.. instead they just started Cha May 2018 #77

"They knew you were going to shoplift the moment you got in the door..." wtf? Oneironaut May 2018 #20

So it was mall/store cops that cuffed and detained them? nini May 2018 #21

Don't think so.... moriah May 2018 #27

thanks for the clarification nini May 2018 #30

It's awfully damn suspicious. Why would he hold onto her ID except for intimidation? moriah May 2018 #35

That's exactly what he was doing. nini May 2018 #44

I didn't get this part, nini.. Cha May 2018 #72

I think that's poorly written mcar May 2018 #76

Oh I get it.. I was Cha May 2018 #79

Well I'm a freelance writer mcar May 2018 #86

Oh wow! That's Cha May 2018 #87

That's exactly what confused me nini May 2018 #100

I imagined the store workers Cha May 2018 #102

She will own the place . . . Sam McGee May 2018 #22

Wypipo. Madampiece Theater May 2018 #23

yep nini May 2018 #31

Yep. Solomon May 2018 #109

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #26

I hate to say this but this is why I shop on Amazon now BumRushDaShow May 2018 #28

I don't blame you, and I'm sorry. yardwork May 2018 #37

You don't have to apologize BumRushDaShow May 2018 #50

BRDS.. Cha May 2018 #73

Mahalo Cha! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #113

"admission from a store worker that she was unsure anything was ever stolen" then why where they uponit7771 May 2018 #32

They dared to get angry gollygee May 2018 #66

People calling Police Is, Just more of people with a Dillon Roof Agenda, to create Racial Tensions. Civic Justice May 2018 #36

Yeah, Happy mother's day, too. murielm99 May 2018 #38

Lets all start calling the cops on White folks. safeinOhio May 2018 #45

If cops show up, they are likely to brutalize or even shoot the black person who called them. tblue37 May 2018 #91

Yep. nt SunSeeker May 2018 #106

I'm talking about White on White police calls. safeinOhio May 2018 #114

You see African-Americans must not be able to afford what white saleswomen can't buy malaise May 2018 #51

Reminds me of the story Oprah told when they wouldn't... Stellar May 2018 #58

I'll never forgot that one malaise May 2018 #59

Get out....really!? Stellar May 2018 #78

There are a bunch of threads about that BumRushDaShow May 2018 #116

Disappointed that she purchased the bag after being treated that way ecstatic May 2018 #110

That was my comment back then malaise May 2018 #133

As a white person, I look at the photo of the mother... rufus dog May 2018 #101

That shouldn't matter malaise May 2018 #111

No one has a monopoly on that. DFW May 2018 #131

Big difference in USA though HipChick May 2018 #135

True that DFW May 2018 #137

... mcar May 2018 #52

Wow.. and the store owners still deny Cha May 2018 #54

USA wypipo giving examples of exactly how N*zi Germany 'happened' ... displaying 2 the whole world mr_lebowski May 2018 #57

This is Brooklyn, NY oberliner May 2018 #71

He got 133k votes in Brooklyn. John Fante May 2018 #82

Hillary got 640K oberliner May 2018 #118

Yeah, I get that, but the fact remains that a decent number John Fante May 2018 #128

They refer to themselves as "progressive and inclusive" in their statement oberliner May 2018 #129

And Fox News referred to themselves as "fair and balanced" John Fante May 2018 #130

Well, they are gentrifiers... MrScorpio May 2018 #84

Any chance we have the name of the store? AllyCat May 2018 #70

Read the tweet. It's right there. nt Steven Maurer May 2018 #74

Thanks. I see it today looking at a bigger screen AllyCat May 2018 #125

"One of our employees politely approached two patrons to clarify a situation" John Fante May 2018 #83

I know.. out of control Cha May 2018 #88

Once again. Not in the south. Tipperary May 2018 #85

"Black people go shopping nowadays, too? It's such a confusing world!" struggle4progress May 2018 #90

So, is this shit happening more, TDale313 May 2018 #92

Twitter and Facebook have only been around for a bit over a dozen years BumRushDaShow May 2018 #115

Sick of this shit. Laffy Kat May 2018 #94

Do you live in Brooklyn? oberliner May 2018 #119

No, Colorado. nt Laffy Kat May 2018 #120

It's a local used clothing store oberliner May 2018 #121

I figured that when I re-read the article. Laffy Kat May 2018 #122

Social media criticism can still be effective though oberliner May 2018 #123

Yep, hit 'em in the pocket book. That's the only thing they understand. nt Laffy Kat May 2018 #124

Separate but related subject rufus dog May 2018 #103

Why Hasn't Trump Weighed In On Profiling Epidemic In America? DallasNE May 2018 #104

Trump brought all these white supremacists out from under their rocks workinclasszero May 2018 #105

This is Brooklyn, NY oberliner May 2018 #117

The shop owners are just digging a deeper hole for themselves. SunSeeker May 2018 #107

Racist business is taking a beating on their FB Page. AllyCat May 2018 #134

Thank you, Donald Trump, and every last sucker/co-conspirator who voted for you. n/t Orsino May 2018 #136

Nothing to do with Trump oberliner May 2018 #139

Trump has emboldened, to varying degrees, latent and overt white supremacists. Orsino May 2018 #141

It Would be Helpful to Put Out this Store's Name on Social Media dlk May 2018 #138

It's a local used clothing store in Brooklyn only oberliner May 2018 #140

Boycott the store and the employee wins............. MRDAWG May 2018 #142