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Tennessee woman says she was racially profiled at Victoria's Secret
Fox 13 Memphis via Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | June 8, 2018 | Kristin Leigh

Posted on 06/08/2018 7:49:10 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

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To: ExpatCanuck
They offered her a gift card so I would presume she was able to prove she had bought the item.

Heck, they could have offered her the gift card in the hopes that it would just shut her up ...

101 posted on 06/08/2018 9:25:47 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Come Hell or High Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQNUp9rgjNs&feature=youtu.be)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
forgot to remove the censor on a bra

Bra Censor. Wasn't that one of those important jobs back in Ancient Rome?

102 posted on 06/08/2018 9:26:15 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation.)
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To: fishtank

You are absolutely correct! My bad! Typing too fast to consider the correct option : (


103 posted on 06/08/2018 9:30:13 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: alternatives?

Yes. But it might be that the tag and the credit card receipt could have slightly different numbers and then she would be caught. But good catch on the possibilities


104 posted on 06/08/2018 9:32:49 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: V_TWIN
"I’ve never even been close to having an issue like that in a retail store ever."

I take it you're not black?

105 posted on 06/08/2018 9:40:10 AM PDT by semaj (U\)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I bet she could be a linebacker for a football team. I didn't see a picture, but knowing black women most aren't Victoria Secret models. 😀
106 posted on 06/08/2018 9:43:43 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: VastRWCon

We all know the only reason a black is ever arrested is because they are black. Simple.


107 posted on 06/08/2018 9:46:27 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

If the sensor was still on the item why didn’t it set the alarm off....on the way out as well as on the way back in?


108 posted on 06/08/2018 10:07:31 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: miss marmelstein

“You can’t remove it without destroying the garment...”

Happened to me quite a few times when I was a kid because one of my aunts always gave us Christmas gifts with those tags still on. My dad used to get them off with the nail-pulling end of a claw hammer.


109 posted on 06/08/2018 10:20:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Yeah, that’s about what it takes. My problem was always that I had tossed the receipt before realizing that thing was attached.


110 posted on 06/08/2018 10:27:03 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

OK, how do you racially profile a thief? Are their ears extra pointy...jaw too square? Cos it reads to me like the store thought she was a thief (store bad...should have investigate first) and treated her as such.

Nowadays, I have to see pictures for all these “racially profiled” people. Cos, you know..I’m white. Can’t we be profiled too? Equal rights!!! I want my equal rights!


111 posted on 06/08/2018 10:35:49 AM PDT by blu (um...uh...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

>> Jovita Jones said an employee at Victoria’s Secret in Collierville forgot to remove the censor on a bra <<

That’s what the persistent beeping noise was? It wasn’t a sensor triggering an alarm, but rather the bra was cussing and getting censored.


112 posted on 06/08/2018 10:37:49 AM PDT by dangus
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To: wardaddy

The alarm did NOT go off?


113 posted on 06/08/2018 10:42:34 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Rebelbase

So is missing the removal of a stick pin from men’s briefs. GAHH!


114 posted on 06/08/2018 10:52:32 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m thinking there is much more to this story..


115 posted on 06/08/2018 10:54:11 AM PDT by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“He could have asked, ‘Ma’am, can I search your bag?’ He didn’t do any of that. He just came in and (slapped) handcuffs on me. He made up in his mind I was guilty,” Jones said.

Why would she have any merchandise in a bag that she was taking to the dressing room?

And officers should not be searching anyone’s bags without probable cause.

There are dozens of obvious questions that the author of this article apparently never thought to ask.

Today’s journalists are so stupid. They write articles which leave the reader with more questions than answers.


116 posted on 06/08/2018 11:05:01 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m going to have to censure ALL of you for
A) making fun of the person who wrote the waycist post
B) making fun of the editor
C) not including the bodycam footage of the cop who slapped the cuffs on her. so often, the bodycam explains quite a bit more than the poor poster.

Censure....look THAT u in your Funk and Wagnalls!


117 posted on 06/08/2018 11:08:17 AM PDT by blu (um...uh...)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

They censor bras and other sexy wear at Victoria’s? who knew idiot journalist has zero word knowledge in their phonetic minds”.


118 posted on 06/08/2018 11:10:23 AM PDT by John S Mosby (SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS)
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To: alexander_busek

Those plastic tags they staple onto clothes so you don’t steal them.


119 posted on 06/08/2018 11:14:26 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I’ve had it happen to me a number of times. First they are “de-activated”, then the clerk removes the tag.

Sometimes the tag does not come off.

The last time this happened to me, I had purchased a dress at a high end store. I got home and I needed the dress for a special occasion. But the tag was on. So I proceeded to pry it iff .... well, it pops off spilling a good amount of dark purple ink.

I took it back, not in a good mood. My event I needed the dress for ruined ... and the dress I was returning was ruined beyond belief.

I had called the manager of the department store in advance and gave him a piece of my mind. I got my money back.

But, once hey are deactivated, unless they are removed, they remain on your clothes thru security.


120 posted on 06/08/2018 11:20:04 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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