‘He Did Nothing Wrong!’: CVS Worker’s False Claim Against Black Teen Led to a Viral Arrest—Now the Community Wants Her Fired

‘He Did Nothing Wrong!’: CVS Worker’s False Claim Against Black Teen Led to a Viral Arrest—Now the Community Wants Her Fired

An encounter between a CVS employee and a Black teenager escalated to a 911 call that ended in the teen’s arrest after the employee alleged he had a knife when he didn’t. Local news outlets reported that police officers in North Charleston, South Carolina, were called to a CVS store on Sept. 29 to respond to a disturbance involving a youth. “The caller reported that a male individual inside the store was yelling, using profane language, and had …