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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 76707" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>Black teen sues over arrest after buying $350 designer belt</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><img src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/barneys-belt-trayon-smile.photoblog600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>NBC 4 New York</p><p></p><p>Trayon Christian, a 19-year-old college student from Queens</p><p></p><p>By Andrew Siff, NBCNewYork.com</p><p></p><p>A 19-year-old college student from Queens says he was handcuffed and locked in a jail cell after buying a $350 designer belt at Barneys on New York's Madison Avenue because he is "a young black man."</p><p></p><p>Trayon Christian<a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Black-Teenager-Lawsuit-Barneys-Belt-NYPD-Purchase-Detain-Fake-Identification-228915061.html" target="_blank"> told NBC 4 New York on Wednesday</a> that he saved up from a part-time job for weeks to buy a Salvatore Ferragamo belt at Barneys. </p><p></p><p>When he went to the store to buy it in April, he says the checkout clerk asked to see his identification. After the sale went through and he left the store, he was approached by police about a block away, and asked "how a young black man such as himself could afford to purchase such an expensive belt," according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.</p><p></p><p>Officers hauled Christian to the local precinct, where he showed police his identification, as well as his debit card and the receipt for the belt, the lawsuit says.</p><p></p><p> Police still believed Christian's identification was fake, and eventually called his bank, which verified it was his, according to the complaint. Christian, who has no prior arrests, was released.</p><p></p><p> He told NBC 4 New York that questions were racing through his mind while he went through the painful experience of being handcuffed and taken to a cell.</p><p></p><p> "Why me? I guess because I'm a young black man, and you know, people do a credit card scam so they probably thought that I was one of them," Christian said. "They probably think that black people don't have money like that."</p><p></p><p>He later returned the belt to Barneys because he says he "didn't want to have nothing to do with it."</p><p></p><p>He is suing the city and the luxury department store for unspecified damages as a result of "great physical and mental distress and humiliation."</p><p></p><p>Christian's attorney, Michael Palillo, told the Post, "His only crime was being a young black man."</p><p></p><p>Barneys said in a statement Wednesday that none of its employees was involved in any action with Christian other than the sale, and added that the store "has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 76707, member: 13"] [SIZE=7][B]Black teen sues over arrest after buying $350 designer belt[/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [IMG]http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/barneys-belt-trayon-smile.photoblog600.jpg[/IMG] NBC 4 New York Trayon Christian, a 19-year-old college student from Queens By Andrew Siff, NBCNewYork.com A 19-year-old college student from Queens says he was handcuffed and locked in a jail cell after buying a $350 designer belt at Barneys on New York's Madison Avenue because he is "a young black man." Trayon Christian[URL='http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Black-Teenager-Lawsuit-Barneys-Belt-NYPD-Purchase-Detain-Fake-Identification-228915061.html'] told NBC 4 New York on Wednesday[/URL] that he saved up from a part-time job for weeks to buy a Salvatore Ferragamo belt at Barneys. When he went to the store to buy it in April, he says the checkout clerk asked to see his identification. After the sale went through and he left the store, he was approached by police about a block away, and asked "how a young black man such as himself could afford to purchase such an expensive belt," according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Officers hauled Christian to the local precinct, where he showed police his identification, as well as his debit card and the receipt for the belt, the lawsuit says. Police still believed Christian's identification was fake, and eventually called his bank, which verified it was his, according to the complaint. Christian, who has no prior arrests, was released. He told NBC 4 New York that questions were racing through his mind while he went through the painful experience of being handcuffed and taken to a cell. "Why me? I guess because I'm a young black man, and you know, people do a credit card scam so they probably thought that I was one of them," Christian said. "They probably think that black people don't have money like that." He later returned the belt to Barneys because he says he "didn't want to have nothing to do with it." He is suing the city and the luxury department store for unspecified damages as a result of "great physical and mental distress and humiliation." Christian's attorney, Michael Palillo, told the Post, "His only crime was being a young black man." Barneys said in a statement Wednesday that none of its employees was involved in any action with Christian other than the sale, and added that the store "has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination." [/QUOTE]
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