News Black teen falsely accused of stealing phone in hotel lobby

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SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) -- A family is calling for the Manhattan district attorney to bring charges against a white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone.

The incident, which was recorded on cellphone video, happened in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel on Saturday, where the teen and his father were staying as guests.


The woman's cellphone was later found in an Uber.

The video has since gone viral and has prompted accusations of racial profiling toward 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. and his family.
New York City police did not identify the woman, saying only that there was a harassment complaint on file for an incident Saturday inside the hotel. A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said the office is "thoroughly investigating this incident" but did not elaborate.

Hotel management said in a posting Sunday they reached out to Harrold and his son to apologize.

"We're deeply disheartened about the recent incident of baseless accusation, prejudice, and assault against an innocent guest of Arlo Hotel," they said in a Facebook post.



 
So she lost her phone a few days ago and retraced her steps to find it which led her to a hotel she went ta. Then she spots a phone that resembled her phone and claims it's hers and asks to see the pictures. management gets involved and the boys father. Eventually the father and son walk away from the lady who still screams that it's her phone. Then a Uber Driver comes into the picture and gives her phone back and the lady walks away without another word.

Honestly it just sounds like that the lady is just your typical Ditzy Cali-Gal is all, I've had a few encounters with these types as well so it's not just racial profiling but it can be seen that way. The only abnormality I see is that the employee doesn't ask the standard "when did you last lose it?" in the video.
 

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