What were the examples of racial profiling? Clearly they thought detaining someone who they thought was stealing but happened to be black was profiling.
People of color were reportedly followed and treated suspiciously in the store, an incredibly common experience in this country. No one I know thought the incident that set this off was an example of profiling, the students were pretty obviously shoplifting. My point isn't that the the university or the students were in the right here, no one I know to thinks that. Was just trying to provide context that this was a tipping point in a relationship that was strained to begin with, not a massive confrontation that came out of nowhere.
