'Treme’ actor Rob Brown hits Macy’s with class action ‘shopping while black’ lawsuit

[Redfairen]

Source: NY Daily News

The African-American actor embarrassed by his near-arrest in Macy's filed a national class-action lawsuit against the retailer over its alleged racial profiling of customers.

Rob Brown, in a 42-page federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, charged that Macy's security "policies and practices have left ... customers of color feeling victimized, humiliated, traumatized."

In a second federal lawsuit against the NYPD, Brown leveled similar charges in a New York class action over the alleged "shop and frisk" approach taken by cops against minority customers.

The NYPD is "continuing to enforce, encourage and sanction policies" against customers at high-end retail stores "merely because of the color of their skin," the 31-page suit charged.



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[Maynar]

1. Hope He Wins

Shopping while black?

FFS

[mwrguy]

2. Good. Sue them out of existence.

This will not stand.

[RobinA]

5. You Do Realize

that Macy's employs thousands of people who have nothing to do with security policy..

[nomorenomore08]

7. Realistically, they won't be "sued out of existence."

But a large settlement - combined with public embarrassment - might teach them a lesson.

[DFW]

3. I hope he ends up owning the joint

Then he can fire management's sorry asses and hire some people who will institute better store policy.

[idwiyo]

4. k&r Good! Best of luck to him.

[KamaAina]

6. In what universe is Macy's a "high-end retail store"?

Apparently "those people" are o nly supposed to shop at Kmart.