Dear friend, For months, Trayon Christian — a 19-year-old Black college student from Queens — set aside money from a part-time job to buy a $349 designer belt from Barneys New York. But in April, as he exited the luxury department store with both the belt and his receipt, he was swarmed by undercover cops, peppered with questions, handcuffed and locked in a jail cell. While providing several forms of identification to match his debit card, police taunted Trayon with questions like How could you afford a belt like this? Where did you get this money from? Barneys issued a vague statement, disclaiming responsibility for Trayons arrest, but more than 47 arrests have been made outside of the Madison Ave. store — hinting at the possibility of a dedicated NYPD task force. The public has a right to know the racial breakdown of the suspects arrested, how many were actually charged with a crime, and what role the luxury department store played in these arrests. Join us in demanding that the NYPD immediately conduct a full investigation of the arrests made outside of Barneys. Well also send this message to senior executives at Barneys to remind them that the practice of profiling Black customers is unacceptable. It only takes a moment: act.colorofchange.org/sign/shoppingwhileblack/?referring_akid=3176.1694894.2Pv-qq&source=taf
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:45:12 +0000
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