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Civil Rights

Nov. 18, 1999

BofA Sued Over Racially Charged Police 'Check'

In a time rife with complaints that African-Americans experience continuing racial profiling by police as well as discrimination by taxicab drivers and other business people, two Bell Gardens men have filed a civil rights lawsuit against Bank of America, claiming the manager of a Santa Monica branch refused to open the doors to waiting customers until the men, who are black, were "checked out" by police.

By Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        In a time rife with complaints that African-Americans experience continuing racial profiling by police as well as discrimination by taxicab drivers and other business people, two Bell Gardens men have filed a civil rights lawsuit against Bank of America, claiming the manager of a Santa Monica branch re...

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