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T.J. Maxx Apologizes for Racially Profiling Connecticut Family

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Aug 01, 2019
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Discount retailer T.J. Maxx apologized to a family from Connecticut who stated they were racially profiled by store employees.

Melissa Askew-Ferris told WFSB-TV that she and her three sons were shopping at one of the retailer’s stores in Wethersfield, Connecticut earlier this month when the incident occurred. She said other customers noticed that the sto…

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