Lawsuit Accuses Apple Store Of Racial Discrimination: A new lawsuit accuses employees at an Apple Store in New York City of telling two black men that they were unwelcome in the store.
According to Apple Insider, the plaintiffs, Brian Johnston, 34, and Nile Charles, 25, are suing Apple for discrimination based on events they say occurred in December 2010, when several employees at Apple's Upper West Side store allegedly forced the men to leave because of their race. The plaintiffs seek punitive damages due to damages based on 'emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-pecuniary losses.'
The lawsuit says that both men, wearing 'baggy jeans and large sweaters with hoods' went into the store in the afternoon to buy headphones when they were confronted by a white Apple employee in his 50s. The Apple employee, about 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, allegedly came up to the men in an 'intimidating fashion' and said, 'You know the deal. You know the deal.'
