MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson has accused a Milwaukee-area jeweler of racial profiling after its employees locked him out and called police when he went to the store to buy a watch on Monday afternoon.
The president of Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers issue a statement Monday night apologizing for the incident at the store in Whitefish Bay, a northern suburb of Milwaukee.
Henson, who is black, said in an Instagram post that it was "one of the most degrading" and racially prejudicial things he had ever experienced.
The 24-year-old NBA player said store employees locked the door and told him to go away, and then police questioned him and a companion outside the store about dealer plates on a red Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving.