SUSPECT ALSO SURVIVED AND IS
NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES.
>> Janine: A TRANSGENDER SHOPPER
LEFT STUNNED AFTER A MIAMI BEACH
BUSINESS TOLD HER TO LEAVE.
SHE RECORDED ONE OF T
ENCOUNTERS AND NOW SHE'S STEAK
SPEAKING POUT LOCAL10 NEWS
REPORTER DEREK SHORE LIVE IN
MIAMI BEACH WITH HER STORY.
DEREK.
>> Derek: THAT WOMAN WHO IS
TRANSGENDER SAYS SHE'S ACTUALLY
SHOCKED SHOPPED AT THIS STORE IN
MIAMI BEACH FOR YEARS, THAT IS,
UNTIL A MANAGER DECIDED ONE DAY
OUT OF THE BLUE SHE WASN'T
WELCOME ANYMORE.
>> WHY YOU WON'T LET ME SHOP IN
THIS STORE?
>> Derek: CELL PHONE VIDEO
CAPTURES A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN
A CUSTOMER AND A GROCER STORE
MANAGER ACCUSED DISCRIMINATION.
>> I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING
WRONG IN THIS STORE.
>> Derek: THE VIDEO SHOT FROM
INSIDE THE STORE ON NORMANDY
DRIVE IN MIAMI BEACH.
BY CASSANDRA HEFTON A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN WHO SAID SHE'S
SHOPPED THERE FOR YEARS, THAT
IS, UNTIL THIS MANAGER DECIDED
ONE DAY SHE WASN'T ALLOWED ANY
MORE.
>> WHAT IS THE REASON?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU DON'T KNOW?
>> Derek: CONFUSED, SHE SAID SHE
LEFT THAT FIRST TIME AND
ACTUALLY SHOPPED THERE A FA MORE
TIMES WITH NO ISSUES, BUT THEN A
FEW WEEKS LATER THE SAME MANAGER
NOTICED HER.
>> I TOLD YOU YOU CAN'T BE HERE.
I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT
I CAN'T BE HERE.
I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHY I'M
NOT ALLOWED IN THE STORE?
>> YES.
>> Derek: CASSANDRA PULLING OUT
HER CELL PHONE AND RECORDING
SOME OF THE EXCHANGE.
HE SAID SHE BELIEVES SHE WAS
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE
SHE IS TRANSGENDER AND ASKED THE
MANAGER POINT BLANK.
>> CAN I NOT SHOP HERE BECAUSE
I'M TRANS?
>> Derek: THE MANAGER OFFERS NO
REASON AND CALLS THE COPS TO GET
RID OF HER.
MEANWHILE SHE ATTEMPTS TO PAY
FOR HER ITEMS BUT THE CLERK HAS
INSTRUCTED HER NOT TO BUY HER
FOOD I HAVE.
>> A RIGHT TO COME NO THIS PUB
STORE AND BUY FOO
>> Derek: ACCORDING TO MIAMI
BEACH CITY CODE, DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST ANYONE BECAUSE OF THEIR
GENDER IDENTITY IS ILLEGAL.
AFTER POLICE ARRIVED AND SPOKE
TO THE MANAGER, SHE SAYS, SHE
WAS ALLOWED TO PAY.
>> IF HE'S DOING THIS TO ME,
HE'S DOING TO IT OTHERS
>> Derek: AND WE HAVE REACHED
OUT TODAY TO GET SOME SORT OF
COMMENT, THE STORE'S SIDE IN ALL
OF THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT HEARD
BACK.
WE DID GO INSIDE, LEAVE A CARD
WITH THE MANAGER ON DOUBT, NOT
THE SAME MANAGER SEEN IN THAT
VIDEO.
