two undercover police detectives less than a block from the store after buying a belt. the police claimed his i.d. was false and reportedly asked him how a young black man could afford such an expensive belt. a day after the incident became public, a 21-year-old nursing student named kayla phillips came forward saying she, too, was stopped by police after buying a barneys handbag. both were released hours after the police found no wrong doing. similar complaints have been made against macy s. and today the new york attorney general launched an investigation. this morning the ceo of barneys new york came up to the headquarters of my national action network to talk about the problems with community and civil rights leaders. the barneys ceo promises to meet with other heads of department stores and civil rights leaders to discuss the shop and frisk problem. we ll be watching.
direction that lawmakers are taking there? yes. i think any step they re taking, even today just coming to washington, d.c. just for them to listen to what i have to say was important. because i think it s a step towards the right direction. and i know it s not going to be done overnight. i know it s going to take time in order for us to get these changes made. but it s worth it. if we lose one life unnecessarily, i think it s worth us just fighting and just working hard just to try and make some difference. sybrina fulton and daryl parks, thank you both for your time tonight and thank you for the work you re doing in honor of your son s memory trayvon martin. we ll stay on this story. thank you. ahead, accusations of racial profiling at barney s department store. why was this teenager stopped by undercover police and detained for buying a belt?
water reclaimation plants. how they discovered this is unclear. you go back to february of this year, shep, another body was found in a water tower of a hotel in downtown los angeles. that was drinking water. turn out to be a canadian. who we re investigating this, soon we get more information, we ll get back to you. two new york city department stores are facing lawsuits after shoppers claimed the scores discriminated against them on the basis of race. customers at barney s, a very high-end department store, and macy s, say officers or in arrested or unfairly questioned them after legally making purchases. the most recent case comes from an actor i should say anyway, the actor rob brown, who is suing macy s. he says cops paraded him through the store in hasks after he bought a $13,400 watch for his
come out and say, we don t tolerate this, this isn t how we operate as a business. somebody did this, there are going to be consequences and these are our steps. but hiding behind a written p.r. statement does more harm than good. are we in a world where you put occupy a series of clip ops youtube, beginning with, i m not sure what happened here, but here s where we are and if this happened, there s hell to be paid. absolutely. you have to good out and say, this is not acceptable. create videos, create content that shows how things operates. get other people from inside the organization to testify on your behalf. but don t take half measures because half measures prolong the story, make your look worse, let other people fill in the gaps, and companies have to be really pro-active in this environment. what doesn t make sense is that you would not want somebody s money, for any reason, if you re barney s, the simplest message to convey if i were in charge i want you money no matt
offensive? go to facebook.com/news nation to cast an update. the controversy over barneys and allegations of racial profiling. after facing increasing pressure to back out, jay-z says i haven t made comments because i m waiting on facts and meeting between community leaders around barneys. why am i being demonized for not speaking immediately? he does not speak out of emotion but of facts. we asked should he end the partnership? 76% said yes, 24% said no. i m tamron hall the cycle is up next. many cereals say they re good for your heart, but did you know there s a cereal that s recommended by doctors? it s post shredded wheat. recommended by nine out of ten doctors to help reduce the risk of heart disease. post shredded wheat is made with only one ingredient: