Saints and Sinners: Woman Says Supermarket Called Police On Her While She Was Helping A Homeless Man
via CNN: Employees at a Safeway supermarket in Mountain View, California, called 911 on an African-American woman and her family because they suspected them of shoplifting, police said. Safeway has since apologized for what the store said was a misunderstanding. Erika Martin told CNN that the incident occurred when she stopped at the store last […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Three UCLA basketball players detained for shoplifting at three high-end stores in China publicly apologized Wednesday before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley won’t be allowed to suit up, practice or travel with the team while the university continues to sort out the circumstances of last week’s […]
Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker’s visit to a Morningside Heights gourmet deli came with a side order of stop and frisk. The “Bird” star was accused of shoplifting and patted down Friday around lunchtime by an overzealous employee at the Milano Market, according to Whitaker’s publicist. The encounter was confirmed by a store employee. The humiliating episode came as Whitaker, […]
A new report from The National Retail Federation says that 96-percent of retailers claim that they have fallen victim to shoplifting in the past year. This is a 94.5 percent increase than the previous year. “Criminals have become more desperate and brazen in their efforts, stopping at nothing to get their hands on large quantities […]
