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Racial profiling: Black veteran's Morrisons ban over shoplifting allegations

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Jez Daniels was banned from every Morrisons store in the UK after being accused of shoplifting.

Staff accused him of acting suspiciously while buying rosé wine and chocolates.

He said he was wearing a face mask because of Covid restrictions at the time.

Mr Daniels , an RAF veteran in his 40s , said: "They saw a black guy with his face covered up and assumed he must be here to steal" Morrisons said it did not want to comment on allegations he took 200 -worth of spirits.

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62

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54

Neutral language

67

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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2

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