12 Aug, 2014
Barneys will pay $525K to settle racial profiling allegations – The Washington Post
Upscale retailer Barneys New York will pay $525,000 in penalties to settle racial profiling complaints. The settlement came after a nine-month-long investigation launched by the New York State Attorney’s office when two black customers at the flagship store on Madison Avenue said they were falsely accused of credit card fraud. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement that the agreement “will correct a number of wrongs, both by fixing past policies and by monitoring the actions of Barneys and its employees to make sure that past mistakes are not repeated.”
News of the investigation had broad reverberations. Protests at the store last year. Al Sharpton had a “candid” meeting with Barney’s CEO Mark Lee. Jay-Z came under heat to break ties with the company and eventually changed the parameters of his holiday promotion deal with Barneys so that all proceeds, rather than a portion, would go to his charity.
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