Crime & Safety

Silicon Valley Grocer Calls Cops On Black Woman Donating Food

Police said Safeway workers thought the woman was shoplifting but she was actually donating food.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Safeway employees in Mountain View called 911 when an African-American woman was donating food to the homeless because they thought she was shoplifting, according to police.

In her free time Erika Martin says she gives care packages to the homeless.

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