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Protesters rally outside Target in Westlake Village after 3 Black teens wrongfully detained KABC WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (KABC) -- Protesters rallied outside a Target in Westlake Village on Saturday demanding justice after three Black teens were wrongfully accused of shoplifting by store security and detained by L.A. County Sheriff deputies. "They dont deserve to be treated that way. They deserve to be treated like human beings, and they have rights as a citizen, and their rights should not be...

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Retail giant Target has issued an apology after three Black teenagers were wrongfully detained at a Los Angeles store location earlier this month. A viral video captured via cellphone shows several Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies holding the teens’ hands behind their backs during a grand theft investigation inside the Westlake Village store. In an apology statement related to the incident, Target announced that the security team member involved had been terminated. One of the tee...

Three Black teens were wrongly detained at a Target in Westlake Village, California during a grand theft investigation according to police.

Target Apologizes to Black Teens Detained on Theft Suspicion, Promises Racial Bias Training On 1/25/21 at 1:29 PM EST Target apologized after three teenagers were wrongly detained at its Westlake Village, California, store following a grand theft investigation. "We want all Target guests to feel welcome and respected whenever they shop in our stores; were deeply sorry for what happened, and weve terminated the security team member who was involved," said Jenna Reck, a Target spokesperson, in an...

Target is publicly apologizing for its handling of an incident in which three Black teens were detained at the Westlake Village store and eventually released.

Target is publicly apologizing for its handling of an incident in which three Black teens were detained at the Westlake Village store and eventually released.

Target apologizes after three Black teens wrongfully detained at California store KATE FELDMAN Three Black teenagers were handcuffed and detained at a California Target, wrongfully accused of shoplifting. Now, the security guard has been fired and Target has apologized. Malik Aaron, Aaron Frederickson and Greg Kim, all 16 or 17, were buying snacks at the Westlake Village Target after their weekly high school ministry at Calvary Community Church last weekend when they were stoppe...

A group of Black teenagers were detained by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies inside a Westlake Village Target store after they were wrongfully accused of shoplifting.

*Cell phone video of three Black teenagers — ages 16 and 17 — being detained by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies inside of a target in Southern California has gone viral and prompted an apology from the retail giant. The incident happened at the Target in Westlake Village. Video shows deputies holding the teens’ arms behind their backs and pushing them up against a checkout counter. “I was thinking I was going to die that night,” 17-year-old Malik Aaron told KCAL-9. “I alrea...