Warning: Contains graphic language
A Black man who was wrongly accused of stealing a cellphone at a Wal-Mart in Moreno Valley has posted a video of his encounter with the woman who targeted him.
The five-minute video, posted by Ya’shear Bryant on July 14, begins with Bryant off-screen in the Wal-Mart parking lot narrating that the woman shown in the video accused him of stealing her son’s cell phone.
Bryant said the woman claimed he'd taken her son’s phone while inside the store, which made him decide to end his shopping and leave the store.
“I felt so uncomfortable that I left my basket there,” Bryant said. “I proceeded to walk out.”
As Bryant walked back into the store to complain to Wal-Mart employees and the woman followed him. When they were inside the entry, the woman's son walked up with his phone. The youth told his mother that he had left it in their car.
Bryant asked for an apology. The women cursed at him and went into the store with her family. The video ended with one of the employees apologizing to Bryant.
As the video went viral online, viewers noticed that the woman was wearing a Kaiser Permanente T-shirt and was holding a Kaiser Permanente keychain.
In a tweet, Kaiser Permanente, said it was “actively investigating” the video.