Video After The Jump
A woman falsely accused a jazz musician’s 14-year-old son of stealing her cellphone — lunging at the teen during a wild caught-on-camera incident in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel.
Footage of the altercation, posted by trumpeter Keyon Harrold on his Instagram page, was shared widely on Sunday, with many saying it was yet another example of racial profiling and bogus accusations launched against black people.
"The lady in this video assaulted my 14-year-old son and me as we came down from our room in the @arlohotels Arlo Soho to get breakfast. This person quote on quote “lost” her iPhone, and apparently, my son magically acquired it, which merely ridiculous," Harrold captioned the video." This incident went on for five more minutes, me protecting my son from this lunatic. She scratched me; she Tackled and grabbed him. He is a child!!! This lady is not even a guest at the hotel. She checked out of the hotel on the 23rd of December; today is the 26th. Now watch as the manager advocates for the lady who is not even a hotel guest, insisting and attempting to use his managerial authority to force my son to show his phone to this random lady. He actually empowered her!!! He didn't even consider the fact we were actually the guests! Now think about the trauma that my son now has to carry, only coming downstairs to have box day brunch with his dad. Then... her phone was magically returned by an Uber driver a few minutes after this incident."
Arlo Hotel later issued a weak apology for how the situation was handled. Saying the manager called the police, but they could have done a better job of deescalating the dispute.
The unidentified accuser has not apologized to Harrold or his son, and should have been arrested for assault.
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