Following a visit to Barneys, a designer department store centered on Madison Avenue of NYC, a 19-year-old engineering student from Queens was stopped, questioned, and cuffed by plainclothes police officers on suspicion of credit card fraud and larceny after buying a $350 Salvatore Ferragamo belt. Despite showing his state identification card, his school ID, his Chase debit card, and his receipt, he was still detained for over 30 minutes at the NYPD precinct, which would leave many asking why the arrest was still made- the answer is simple, and frustrating: the college student in question, Trayon Christian, is black. Trayon was repeatedly asked by the responding officers, “how a young black man such as himself could afford to purchase such an expensive belt,” and, “How could you afford a belt like this? Where did you get this money from?” as well as told his identification was probably fake, the card fraudulent, and himself a scammer. He was handcuffed and taken to the 19th Precinct stationhouse where he was detained until Chase was able to satisfactorily verify his account information to police.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:36:59 +0000
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