Monday, August 11, 2014

Barneys Agrees To Settlement Over Racial Profiling Allegations : The Two-Way : NPR

Barneys Agrees To Settlement Over Racial Profiling Allegations : The Two-Way : NPR: The upscale retailer Barneys has agreed to a settlement over charges of racial profiling at its flagship store in New York.

The agreement includes a $525,000 fine, NPR's Sam Sanders tells our Newscast Desk.

"Barney's will also have to hire an independent anti-profiling consultant," Sanders reports, "and the retailer will have to implement new record-keeping measures to spot profiling and keep track of interactions with local law enforcement."

The nine-month investigation began after two black customers said they were falsely accused of credit card fraud after shopping at Barneys last year.