Prohiben la entrada a una joyería a John Henson por su color de piel

Por desgracia, la discriminación racial es un tema especialmente candente y polémico que continúa latente en la sociedad norteamericana a pesar de las innumerables medidas que intentan erradicar cualquier tipo de abuso, degradación o prejuicio.

En un extenso mensaje en su perfil personal de Instagram, el jugador de los Bucks John Henson relata como le prohibieron la entrada a una joyería de Milwaukee por su color de piel.

Went to @schwankekasten jewelry today in White-Fish Bay during regular business hours . They locked the door and told me to go away . After I rang the doorbell twice everyone went to the back. No answered the door or told me what was going on. This was followed by two police cars pulling up and parking across the street and watching me for 5 minutes ( I assumed they were called by the store ) . I was then approached by 2 officers and questioned about the dealer vehicle I was in which is apart of my endorsement deal with Kunes country Chevrolet and asked me what I wanted amongst other things that were just irrelevant to me being there just trying to shop at the store like a normal paying customer would do . I told them I was just trying to look at a watch. He then had to go in the back and tell them to come out it was safe but this is after they ran my plates and I overheard them talking about doing more of a background check on the car. The employees finally came out of the back and proceeded to conduct business like they previously were as we walked up . This was one of the the most degrading and racially prejudice things I've ever experienced in life and wouldn't wish this on anyone . This store needs to be called out and that's what I'm doing . You have no right to profile someone because of their race and nationality and this incident needs to be brought to light and I urge anyone who ever is thinking of shopping here reads this and doesn't bring any business to this discriminatory place .

Una foto publicada por @johnhenson31 el 19 de Oct de 2015 a la(s) 11:56 PDT

En su publicación, el ala-pívot contó como los propietarios del local le cerraron la puerta y pidieron que se fuera, tras lo cual llamaron a la policía. Dos patrullas se trasladaron al lugar de los hechos, donde realizaron una serie de preguntas al jugador y procedieron a la revisión de unos posibles antecedentes penales.

Tras comprobar que todo estaba correcto, los agentes hablaron con los dueños de la joyería, quienes permitieron la entrada de Henson aunque solicitaron a la patrulla que no abandonara la joyería hasta que hubiera finalizado su compra, algo a lo que el cuerpo policial se negó.

Al parecer, y según palabras de los propietarios, en las últimas semanas se habían producido varios robos por la zona, cuyos ladrones utilizaban un coche con características muy similares al de Henson, lo que les hizo sospechar.

Después del lamentable episodio, Henson reconoció haber sufrido "la experiencia más degradante y llena de prejuicios de su vida", algo que "no le desea a nadie." Y todo por un reloj.