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.