Police Cuff Black Teen for Buying Pricey Belt

[pepperbear]

http://www.newser.com/story/176373/police-cuff-black-teen-for-buying-pricey-belt.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_top

Soon after he left the store, he was stopped by plainclothes detectives. The clerk had called to report the sale as a fraud. At the local precinct, Christian showed police his receipt, the debit card he'd used, and an ID proving the card was his, but he "was told that his identification was false and that he could not afford to make such an expensive purchase." Eventually, after a call to his bank, which confirmed the card was indeed his, police let Christian go. He has since returned the Salvatore Ferragamo belt. "I didn't want anything to do with it," he says.

Take note of some of the comments. They're divided into "it's his fault for trying to buy it in the first place," He'll sue them so this is a legal scam of some kind, not a civil rights violation, " and my fave "He won't get that much money anyway, so he should grin and bear it."

This story should really go viral.

Oh, and his name is Trayon.

edited to add other links:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/trayon-christian-lawsuit-barneys-new-york-nypd_n_4148490.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/barneys-accused-stealing-black-teen-article-1.1493101

[TeamPooka]

1. Barney's NY needs to fire that clerk.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. horrible.

[SamYeager]

3. Buuying pricey clothing while black

Newest "while black" crime in a long line of "while black" crimes.