Please sign this petition and don't shop at Penney's [View All]

[proud2BlibKansan]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/boycott-jcpenney-black-pregnant-mother-made-to-lay-down-on-i-70-highway-in-independence-moc

On July 13, 2007, Yvette Hayes was forced to lie face down on the ground on the side of I-70 after being falsely identified by JC Penney Security Officials as a car thief. She was 6 months pregnant. JC Penney security alleged that Hayes was prowling a vehicle and stealing cars. Hayes is the principal of an elementary school in Kansas City MO, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., two-time Sunday School Superintendent, Licensed Evangelist, mother of two beautiful girls, and is 6 months pregnant. Hayes embodies the American Dream and exemplifies true womanhood. The only crime she committed was sitting in her vehicle as a Black Woman in the JC Penney parking lot.

We ask that you do not purchase anything from JC Penney and encourage others to do the same. Also, we want everyone to flood JC Penney with calls at 972-431-4181 and 972-431-2217. Tell them you are concerned with their racist treatment of Yvette Hayes and you will no longer patronize their stores because of their history of racial profiling. For more information, contact me, Marvin Lyman at 816-812-1570.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/boycott-jcpenney-black-pregnant-mother-made-to-lay-down-on-i-70-highway-in-independence-moc


I know this woman and can speak to her character and desire for justice. She has filed a lawsuit but is not wanting money as much as putting a stop to racial profiling by this police force. They are notorious for it and have been for years. I have also heard the police tapes and it is painfully obvious this is blatant racial profiling. She never got out of her car, store security tapes prove that; yet security officers called the police and reported she was snooping in cars and looked like a woman who had been stealing cars on their lot.

The police not only forced her to lie down on her stomach, they pointed guns at her children.

The police chief claimed that laying on the ground is routine in felony stops yet two white men have contacted Yvette and signed statements claiming they were also stopped by Independence police for suspicion of felony and neither one was made to exit their vehicles. The cops also didn't draw their guns.

We met with the police chief and he lied about department policy and the circumstances of this case; we have tapes proving he is lying. He has since appeared on two national news networks and repeated his lies.

The police have never apologized. JC Penney has never apologized.

Please sign this petition and DON'T SHOP AT PENNEY'S.

Thank you.