Tech giant Apple, Inc., has been suite in Federal District Court in Maryland by two residents who say they were subjected to racial profiling at an Apple store in Maryland. The plaintiffs allege that they went to the Apple store in Bethesda, Maryland on June 17, 2016, to purchase new cell phones. Following store protocol, they put their names in a queue of customers requiring assistance. They waited until their names were called and then purchased two new iPhones. As they exited the store, they were detained by uniformed Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies, who tackled them and threw them to the ground, then forced them to sit outside for more than an hour. They allege that the officers told them they had been notified by Apple employees that they looked “suspicious” and had “possibly” been engaged in fraudulent activity. They were subsequently released and never charged with anything.
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