Inner city issues for retail business includes 'shrinkage', otherwise called theft. It seems that certain types of hair products are stolen regularly, so a certain Wal-Mart has locked the products behind the counter. "A woman who had to be escorted to a cash register to buy black American beauty products at a Southern California Walmart filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the retail giant Friday. Essie Grundy was shopping at a Walmart in Perris, California, when she noticed that cosmetics marketed to black women were the only ones locked in anti-theft casing. “When I walked down the aisle and saw that Walmart had placed all of the African-American hair and skin products under lock and key, I had to pause. I was in shock,” Grundy said at a news conference Friday. To purchase a bottle of lotion, an employee had to unlock the anti-theft casing and then walk the product to the register before Grundy was allowed to touch it. “I felt that I was being treated as a person who might be a thief, even though I have no criminal history,” she said. “I never want my children, or anyone else’s children, to experience what I did at Walmart that day.”" https://slate.com/news-and-politics...ti-theft-policy-on-black-beauty-products.html
Hmmmmm.....this is very interesting. I wonder - how does the retailer's loss prevention policies align with State laws. I'm not really that knowledgeable on the law but I'd be interested in hearing from those who are.
I don't understand which law can be used in this case. I'd be surprised if there was a law governing which products can and can't be locked up in a private business.
