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L.A.-Area Latino Whole Foods Manager Goes Viral For Accusing Black Man of Shoplifting, Forcing Him to Return $200 in Items That He Paid For

The internet is outraged after a man is apparently racially profiled at the Culver City, Calif. store.

A video of a Black manโ€™s confrontation with employees at a Los Angeles-area Whole Foods has gone viral after thousands who have viewed the video accused the store manager of racial profiling. In the video, the man who was shopping at the Culver City store can be heard in a heated exchange with a Latino employee. The employee, who identified himself as the store manager, approached the shopper, accused him of stealing his groceries and asked for his receipt.

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The shopper, who knew the store doesnโ€™t make a habit out of asking people to show their receipts, called the manager on his BS and asked why he was being questioned. The managerโ€™s response was even more disturbing.

โ€œThatโ€™s all of our product right there, if you didnโ€™t pay for it,โ€ the manager replied.

The shopper, who insisted he paid for everything, had his receipt (literally) and walked to a register to ask employees to return over $200 worth of grocery items for a full refund.

You can watch the video of his exchange with the store employees here:

The video has since received over 150,000 likes and nearly 14,000 comments from viewers who believe the store manager was way out of line.

โ€œYou did right by returning it back. They act like they donโ€™t need your money,โ€ wrote one person in the comments.

One Mexican viewer apologized, calling the mangerโ€™s behavior an embarrassment to Latinos everywhere.

โ€œAs a Mexican I apologize he donโ€™t represent us and itโ€™s an embarrassment what he did and the way heโ€™s acting,โ€ they wrote.ย 

Others were quick to point out that the shopper never received an apology from any of the employees he encountered, even after showing his receipt, and called on other shoppers to boycott the store.

โ€œUntil Whole foods apologizes to this man, letโ€™s boycott,โ€ they wrote.ย 

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