Saturday, June 15, 2019

Why Are You Touching Me? I Never Shoplifted From The Store!

Mississauga woman was accused by an Old Navy employee of theft.
A woman in Canada was accosted by a cashier at an Old Navy. This happened at Mississauga, Ontario. The city of Mississauga has a population of 859,000 residents.

The Square One Shopping Centre is one of the largest shopping plazas in Ontario.

Lisa Calderon posted footage on Facebook of her interaction with an Old Navy employee at the mall.

She was confronted by Stephanie who accused her of shoplifting out of the store. She grabbed Lisa's wrist and refused to let her go after Stephanie claimed she didn't pay for a top she was wearing.

Calderon gets riled up and says she will press charges if the worker didn't let go.









The worker asked her, "Did you pay for this shirt at Old Navy, the tag is still on it."

Calderon repeatedly told the worker she didn't steal the item. She then records the encounter and soon security comes. Security along with the manager calm the situation.

Eventually, Calderon agreed to return to Old Navy, where the manager apologized and admitted the employee had no right to put her hands on Calderon.
Canadian woman calls the law on a Black woman she accused of shoplifting.
"I would've been more calm and understanding if she didn't accuse me first, and would've been happy to show my receipt, especially because I voiced my racial profile complaint to the employee before I left the store," said Calderon.

"This needs to stop, [this worker] had no right to aggressively lay her hands on me and accuse me of stealing a $13 dollar top, had she not done that, this situation would've ended quietly."

The worker was fired out the cannon and Old Navy swiftly apologized for the encounter.

Even in Canada, women of color are under attack. It's not just here in the United States. White people continue to use their privilege to undermine people of color.

Donald J. Trump is not just a problem in the United States but in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and France. Everything he does affects everyone.


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