It's Barney's vs. the NYPD in Racial Profiling Scandal
“Blame the cops” was our basic summary of Barney’s New York‘s damage control response to two lawsuits filed by black shoppers who were approached and, in one case, arrested after buying expensive items at the store.
The company appears to be doubling down on that strategy: yesterday CEO Mike Lee met with Rev. Al Sharpton, apologized to the affected parties (Jay-Z included) and said:
“Our preliminary investigation has concluded that in both of these instances no one from Barneys New York raised any issue with these purchases.
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