Employees racially profiled her teenage son, kicked him out of the store and defended their actions saying he was aggressive. And used other terms that stereotype young black boys. This happened back on december 21st. The 13yearold stopped into the whole foods near lake merit to buy his mother a christmas gift. She says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the rest boom. The two men in polo shirts came in after him. And yelled at him. Accused him of stealing. I was horrified because he was just frying, he was frying to be independent, responsible. He was shopping for gifts. Trying to be generous. Marlena posted detailed account of the incident on social media which has been shared hundreds of times. Some people are threatening to boycott whole foods. She hopes this leads to change. They need to apologize to my son. I think they also need to have some sort of training with their management. Whole foods released a statement saying the company has zero tolerance for discri
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Its all coming up in my accuweather sevenday forecast, chris. Lisa, thank you. A mother from the east bay says her teenaged son was trying to buy christmas presents at Whole Foods Market when employees think he was doing something else. The mother believes her boy was targeted because of the color of his skin. Shes now demanding an apology. Abc 7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington has the story. My children were born and raised in this community. They should be able to shop safely at the local health food store. Reporter but Marlena Henderson says employees at the whole foods in oakland racially targeted her son, kicked him out of the store, and defended their actions by saying he was aggressive and other terms that stereotype young black boys. This happened back on december 21st. The 13yearold stopped into the whole foods near lake merritt to buy his mother christmas gifts. She says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the restroom. Two men in polo shirts came after him,
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