Put their hand on his neck and shoulder and waist and physically pushed him out of the store. Claims of physical harassment and racial profiling an east bay mother angry at whole foods she says accused her 13yearold of stealing. The company insists there is more to story. Good evening. Dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. The mother believes her son was targeted because he is black. She is demanding an apology. More now from her and whole foods. My children were born and raised in thi community. They should be able to shop safely at the local health food store. Marlena henderson says 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 t
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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