The clerk also called the police and the young man was arrested & charged with attempted "identity theft". He was held for two hours before being released.
He has since then Returned the merchandise, and filed a lawsuit against the chain alleging racial profiling.
Of course my main objective here is to beg the question, 'Where are our heroes?'
On this issue I will give our heroes a break. I know fully that if someone that our 'heroes' were to speak out on this issue, their would become (even to themselves) hypocrites. We all know and understand, as adults, that you should not be purchasing a belt for $350 unless your weekly take-home pay is at least 4 times that number.
Our heroes in order to speak out would first have to acknowledge that this incident should've never come up. But because our culture, teaches us to bond with luxury brands then he was doing what any stereotypical person in that position would've done; spend their entire check on one unnecessary item that they may not use daily.
If I was a national black hero, I would probably shy away from these headlines also. The fact of the matter is, that freedom or no freedom what this young college student did (or attempted to do) is not OK. It is a problem that plagues my community.
The author is not entirely immune to this new form of slavery, that is fixated,concentrated and pumped like heroin from a syringe into my peoples veins.
For the record: I hope the young man wins his racial profiling law suit, it sounds like he deserves to. I hope even more, that should he win any type of monetary compensation, that he would have the knowledge, wisdom and understanding what to do with a settlement check... Hopefully not just a whole lot more luxury merchandise.
NEW SLAVES
-KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY-
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