Falsely Accused Black Man Asks Retailer When They’ll Change ‘So People Like Me Can Feel Safe’
Sep 25 2020
Joel says he played in the 2008 Basketball World Championships, representing Team USA, which was sponsored by a multi-billion-dollar sporting goods and apparel corporation. Then, in the summer of 2019, a white female manager at one of that company’s retail stores falsely accused him, a Black American, of stealing a $12.00 basketball and flagged down police. Joel says he was heartbroken.

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