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White Minneapolis man loses his office lease for ‘racially profiling’ black entrepreneurs inside a gym (Video)
A white Minneapolis man has lost his office lease after a group of black entrepreneurs accused him of racially profiling them inside a private gym.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at a building on Lagoon Avenue in Minneapolis. It came a day after the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer.
In the video, Tom Austin, the managing partner of F2 Group questioned the black entrepreneurs using the gym in a building of which they were all tenants.
“I’m Tom Austin,” the man says in the video. “I’m a tenant in the building. Are you?”
The men in the group responded that they are all tenants.
Austin demanded to know which office they work in and they told him they don’t have to tell him. Then he said he was going to call 911 but ended up calling the building manager who confirmed the men have a lease in the building.