A Black British activist is outraged after he claims he was falsely accused of stealing at a mall because he’s Black. Cerphas Williams says the incident took place on June 27 at Bluewater Shopping in Kent, England. In the almost 40 minute video posted to Williams’ YouTube page after the incident shows two hands which are not Black are seen grabbing Williams’ wrist and two suitcases.

Williams repeatedly asked, “Why are you grabbing my arm?” when asked by one of the men if he had paid for the items as he was leaving the House of Fraser department store with. The he asked Williams for proof of purchase, which he had but was concerned as to why his arm was being grabbed. Along with being pulled back into the store.

“You can’t come at me like this. You can’t come at me like this and expect for me to show you a receipt,” Williams told the men. “This is not how you speak to people. This is not how you speak to human beings. Why are you grabbing me up in the middle of Bluewater?”

The men dressed in an black suit, later accused Williams of throwing a “tantrum,” which he responded, “No, it’s behind my attention. Black people are going through this all the time.”

Then says Williams repeatedly says, “let go of my arm!” All three men continue to argue over whether Williams had paid for the suitcases, which throughout the exchange, he maintains that he did. Eventually, two more security guards in yellow vests appear and attempt to calm Williams down.

Finally it is confirmed by the worker in black that the items were indeed paid for. Williams demands that he admits his wrong on camera.

He later went back to the general manager of Bluewater and asked for the names of several of the employees involved in the incident. “George Floyd died last year because of this rubbish,” he repeatedly said.

Bluewater later released a statement stating:

“We would like to apologise for the experience Mr Williams had at Bluewater recently, and reassure him and all our guests that we are committed to ensuring that equality and diversity play a central role at Bluewater. We understand that House of Fraser is investigating the incident and we have reached out to Mr Williams to discuss his experience further so that we can identify any steps we can take to make sure this is an isolated incident which never happens again.”

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