An upscale Boston clothing store owner accused of making disparaging remarks and denying service to a black man and a Middle Eastern woman has been sued by the state attorney general.
Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit was filed Wednesday and says The Tannery owner Hicham Ali Hassan told a black customer he didn’t want his “kind” at the store and implied he didn’t have enough money to shop there.
The lawsuit says Hassan told a Middle Eastern woman he didn’t trust immigrants and loved President Donald Trump. It says he told her he’s glad the Republican president “is going to get rid of” immigrants.
A woman who answered the store’s phone said Hassan was unavailable and they had no comment.
The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages and civil penalties.
Trump says his illegal-immigration crackdown should keep the country safe.
(AP)
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Really weird. The footwear news claims that the store filed for bankruptcy July 2017. Yet the racial incident is dated December 2017 (the other incident is dated March 2017). And the obvious question – what does the name imply about him? The prosecution has asked the public to report any similar experiences in the same store. (Why not also report any contrary experiences as well?)