“The days of slavery are over but some people feel they can treat black people like 2nd class citizens,” Jacqueline Barney wrote. Lawsuit: Barneys turned away from store in white suburbīarney claims that the manager at the store in the majority white suburb suggested that he go to a Happy’s Pizza location in Southfield, Michigan approximately 20 miles away.Īccording to Statistical Atlas, 90.4 percent of the population in Commerce Township is white while 69.4 percent of the population in Southfield is African-American.īarney’s wife Jacqueline Barney provided a statement to the Free Press on the lawsuit filed Monday in a U.S.
Happy’s Pizza denies the allegation, stating that the location wasn’t open to the public that particular day. The seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback and 1967 NFL Defensive Player of the Year for the Detroit Lions claims that a store manager at a Happy’s Pizza in the Detroit suburb of Commerce Township refused to serve him and his wife because they are African-American. Pro Football Hall of Famer Lem Barney has sued Detroit-area pizza chain Happy’s Pizza, alleging race discrimination, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Lions great and Hall of Famer Lem Barney says a Detroit-area pizza chain directed him to another location away from a white neighborhood.
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