‘I Was Treated Differently’: Los Angeles Fines Grocery Store Chain $10,000 After Black Shopper Allegedly Asked to Remove Backpack Before Shopping
In a first for Los Angeles, the city hit a West Coast-based grocery store chain with a $10,000 fine after a Black customer made a discrimination claim about having to shop without his backpack while other shoppers were allowed to do so. The fine from the city’s Civil Rights Department was announced Monday during a…
