The 37 year old said he was motivated to come forward after reading about the four purported instances of racial profiling reported by the Daily News at Macy’s and Barneys.
One of those, Kayla Phillips, 21, a Brooklyn mom who alleged she was racially profiled at Barney’s after buying a canada goose outlet online pricey canada goose outlet reviews designer bag there in February, also filed a discrimination lawsuit Friday in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
She’s suing Barneys and four NYPD officers for unspecified damages, alleging that she was ”physically accosted” by undercover detectives who questioned her ability to buy canada goose jacket cheap pay for the $2,500 Celine bag she bought canada goose outlet canada goose coats on sale nyc moments earlier in Barneys, according to court documents.
A spokesperson for the city’s Law Department said canada goose outlet uk sale it hadn’t been served Phillips’ canada goose outlet shop papers yet but will evaluate the claim, noting until proven otherwise canada goose outlet in usa these are only allegations.
Barneys also declined to comment on pending litigation, but has said it doesn’t tolerate racial profiling canada goose uk outlet in any of its stores.
A Macy’s spokeswoman said the store is looking into Sharif’s allegations but couldn’t comment specifically on his case, citing pending litigation.
”We take any claim made by canada goose outlet canada our customers very seriously and will investigate Mr. Sharif’s allegation vigorously. Macy’s has a zero tolerance for discrimination of any Canada Goose Coats On Sale kind. If Macy’s policies have not canada goose outlet black friday been upheld, we will take swift and immediate action,” the spokeswoman uk canada goose outlet said.
Police car outside the Macy’s store on 34th uk canada goose St. Another black shopper canada goose outlet jackets https://www.bamschaatsteam.nl has filed a lawsuit against Macy’s alleging bias by security guards after he was stopped at the store’s exit when he set off an alarm, although white shoppers were not stopped. (David Handschuh/New York Daily News)
Macy’s and Barneys have convened industry wide meetings with civil rights leaders on ways to prevent ”shop and frisk” incidents since the controversy first made headlines in October.
Retailers and civil rights leaders came up with a customer ”bill of rights” just in time for the holiday season.
Both Barneys and Macy’s have said NYPD officers Canada Goose Outlet were responsible for targeting Phillips and another black shopper Trayon Christian, 19, in Barneys earlier this year, and also actor official canada goose outlet Rob Brown, 29 and Art Palmer, 56, in Macy’s.
The NYPD has said its officers were acting on information provided by store employees in all canada goose cheap canada goose outlet online canada goose coats uk four incidents.
”We’re confident that during the litigation and discovery process Kayla and Halim will receive the justice due to them based on their respective experiences,” he said.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office also launched a probe into the profiling allegations, asking stores last month to turn over ”policies and procedures for stopping, detaining and, questioning” customers.
In 2005, the state attorney general’s office, then under Eliot Spitzer, filed a federal cheap canada goose lawsuit against Macy’s that claimed racial discrimination of black and Hispanic customers.
Macy’s at the time denied any wrongdoing, but the suit was resolved after the company agreed to pay $600,000 in damages, create a position of security monitor, develop regulations on handcuffing, and keep a database of records of all detentions.
