WALMART ENDS WITH A CLAIM OF
RACIAL PROFILING.
WE GO LIVE IN VACAVILLE WITH
THE STORY OF A BLACK MAN WHO
WAS THREATENED WITH ARREST.
Reporter: WE'VE OBTAINED
EMAILS FROM WALMART WHICH STATE
THAT IT'S INVESTIGATION FOUND
NO EVIDENCE OF RACIAL
PROFILING.
WE MET THE MAN TODAY WHO SHOT
THIS VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE
TO GET HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.
WE WILL STAND RIGHT HERE
WHILE YOU SHOP.
Reporter: THIS FATHER OF TWO
WAS SHOPPING FOR A MOVIE
PROJECTOR FOR HIS KIDS AT
WALMART IN VACAVILLE ON MARCH
28.
I WENT AROUND TO ANOTHER
ISLAND I NOTICED THEY WERE
TRAILING ME AGAIN.
Reporter: HE WORKS AS A
LONGSHOREMEN AND HE SAYS THE
CONVERSATION STARTED WITH ONE
MAN STARTING SECURITY.
I SAID I'M A WORKING MAN AND
I SHOWED HIM PICTURES OF THE
WIFE AND KIDS AND HE TOLD ME
YOU FIT THE DESCRIPTION.
THE LADY FOLLOWED ME AGAIN
AND THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST
THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
SHE ASKED ME TO LEAVE AND WHEN
SHE SAID THOSE WORDS I KNEW SHE
WAS ON THE PHONE, I HEADED
TOWARD THE EXIT.
Reporter: WE LOOKED AT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT
REPORT WHICH STATED LANE WAS
TOLD ABOUT TRESPASSING LAWS.
THE OFFICER TOLD ME TO GO
AHEAD AND LEAVE THE AREA, DON'T
COME BACK, THIS IS PRIVATE
PROPERTY, I HAD TO LEAVE THE
PARKING LOT AT THAT POINT.
Reporter: WHEN HE AND HIS
WIFE CONTACTED WALMART CLAIMING
RACIAL PROFILING THE COMPANY
EMAILED THEM SAYING THEY WERE
UNABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE
ALLEGATION.
I SET A FAMILY MAN AND I'M
TRYING TO TEACH MY SON AND
DAUGHTER, THEY HAVE TO GROW UP
IN THE CITY SO I'M TRYING TO
SHOW THEM BY EXAMPLE.
Reporter: WE OBTAINED AN
EMAIL FROM WALMART SAYING IT'S
INVESTIGATION INVOLVES A FORMER
EMPLOYEE BUT IT DID NOT PROVIDE
FURTHER DETAILS, WHEN WE REACH
OUT TO THE COMPANY TODAY.
IT'S VERY REAL.
IT'S EVERYWHERE AND IT NEEDS TO
BE TALKED ABOUT. THE MORE
SILENT WE ARE, THE MORE IT WILL
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
Reporter: HE ENDED UP GOING
BACK TO THAT WALMART LOCATION
WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE NAACP A
WEEK AND A HALF AFTER THE
INCIDENT, SHE'S TOLD HE IS
WELCOME BACK TO MY STORE MANAGER
BUT HE HAS NOT GONE BACK AFTER
THE DAY SAYING HE FEELS
UNCOMFORTABLE BEING IN THAT
STORE.
IT'S HARD TO WATCH THAT CELL
PHONE VIDEO.
YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A
MEETING, ANY OTHER DETAILS TO
COME OUT OF THAT?
Reporter: HE MET WITH THE
STORE MANAGER AT THAT WALMART
LOCATION AND HE SAYS THAT THAT
MEETING TOOK PLACE IN THE
FREEZER STORAGE ROOM IN THE
WALMART, IT WAS AN
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION FOR HIM
