Department Store Accused of Racially Profiling Indigenous Teen Shopping for Clothes

Indigenous teen Jaylen Garlett, 16, was looking for a shirt at a department store in Perth, Western Australia when staff and security were called to the fitting room the teen was in. Screenshot via Google Maps

A father in Western Australia has accused a Perth department store of racial profiling after the store called security on his 16-year-old son who was shopping for clothes for a school formal.

Jaylen Garlett, 16, and his father, Shem Garlett, were looking for a shirt and accessories for the teen’s school formal on Thursday, March 8, at the Forrest Chase Myer in Perth’s central business district.