'You're acting suspicious,' the man told the cousins, who are both black. If he didn't see identification soon, the man threatened to tow their car, or worse, have them arrested.
Indiana - Aaron Blackwell and his cousin Durell Cunningham had no idea why the Nordstrom Rack security guard was striding purposefully toward their car. It didn't make sense, Blackwell would later recall. The man had watched the pair pay for their items inside the Indianapolis store, yet he still followed them outside and tried to take down their license plate number. Now, he was demanding Cunningham present his driver's license.
"You're acting suspicious," the man told the cousins, who are both black. If he didn't see identification soon, the man threatened to tow their car, or worse, have them arrested. The tense standoff that played out last week in the parking lot outside the Nordstrom Rack was captured in a 17-minute cellphone video that has since gone viral, sparking accusations that the two men were racially profiled by the white security guard, who was later identified as Lawrence Township deputy constable Daryl Jones.
By early Wednesday, the YouTube video had more than 350,000 views and 2,000-plus comments. Blackwell, who recorded and shared the clip, told WTHR he has been contacted by people nationwide, expressing concern and outrage over what happened to him and his cousin.
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