An African-American college student is suing Barneys New York and the city's police department, saying he was racially profiled and later detained by police, according to court documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. New York City College of Technology student Trayon Christian, who was 18 at the time, entered Barneys New York on Madison Avenue on April 29 to buy a Ferragamo belt he had seen rappers wear on television, Christian's attorney, Michael Palillo, told CNN on Wednesday. When Christian went to pay for the belt with his debit card at a register, a Barneys cashier asked for identification. Christian showed the cashier his driver's license, paid for the belt with his card, signed the receipt and left the luxury department store with the belt in a Barneys bag. He walked a block before two undercover police officers stopped him, Palillo said.
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"Barneys New York has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination," company says
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College of Technology student bought a belt at the department store, attorney says
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He says two undercover officers stopped him, accused him of using a fraudulent card
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He was handcuffed, taken to a police station and held for two hours, attorney says
Palillo recently received a call from another man who said he experienced a similar incident at @placeholder -- an injustice that appears to happen too often, Palillo said.