CA Black Man Said Clothing Store Owner Kicked Him Out Over Race

MARIN COUNTY, CA -- A video went viral Wednesday of a Marin County man who said he and his family were asked to leave a local clothing business because of their race. Anthony O'Neill, a black man, said he was at Quest Casuals in Sausalito over the weekend when the owner asked them to leave.

In a seven-minute video shared on Facebook, O'Neill says "So, you're kicking us out of the store because my family is trying on clothes?"

The owner, identified by ABC7 as Hooshang Seda, responds, "I am not after trouble, sir. Please I am asking you to leave because I refuse to do business with you."

O'Neill then says, "So you can't try on clothes here? I'm video recording you now because you just kicked out my family out. Are you serious?"

"I am very serious," Seda responds. "You are disturbing my business."

The video then goes on to share Seda reportedly calling the police while O'Neill tells someone else he will wait for the officers to arrive.

"This is insane," O'Neill says to an unidentified person. "I'm not trying to make a scene."

Calls from Patch to Quest Casuals went unanswered, but in a handwritten statement to ABC7, Seda said he "strongly denied" the accusations.

As of Wednesday morning, the Facebook video received more than 3,000 shares and had more than 126,000 views.

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