17 black shoppers are alleging mistreatment by firm based on race Jury
selection was completed Thursday in Beaumont,Texas, in a case
alleging racial profiling by department store chain Dillard's Inc. Dillard's was sued instate court by 17 black
shoppers who say that they were harassed by store
guards because of their race. Dillard's doesn'tcomment on
lawsuits"as a matter of policy,"said a spokeswoman for the
company, based in Little Rock, Ark. [more]
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