CAPE TOWN – A Cape Town man believes he was racially profiled, as he was searched like a criminal at a shopping mall. Kanyiso Majola has told Eyewitness News he was shopping with a group of friends on Sunday when they were ordered to lie on the ground in a parking lot at Canal Walk while they were searched. Being black, parking near the mall’s entrance in a flashy car and wearing peak caps apparently contributed to the stop and search, so says Majola. He has told Eyewitness News he’s never experienced the level of humiliation that he and his friends were subjected to. Majola says the security officials provided irrational and weak reasons for ordering them to lie on the ground. “They could have searched us like they do at the airport. They could have searched us and walked aside and asked us to open the boot. It could have been done in a less confrontational manner.” Canal Walk’s centre management says consumers enter private property when they visit the mall, adding that staff will continue checking suspicious looking people
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:26:58 +0000
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