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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Shaw's Apologizes To African American Man Banned From Store
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:46
	Publish Date:		2018-06-22 15:09:54
	Description:		Shaw’s grocery store executives are apologizing to an African American man after an incident this week in their Saco store. The man says he was singled out because of his race. Rory Ferreira’s says his experience at Shaw’s this week has him feeling vulnerable in the state he calls home. “I'm not new to this community,” Ferreira says. “I'm not someone who rabble-rouses in this community. I love where I live. I love my neighbors. I love Maine.” According to Ferreira, a musician who runs Soulfolks Records in Biddeford, he was purchasing groceries and alcohol with his wife and child, when a clerk asked the both Ferreira and his wife for their ID’s. Ferreira and his wife have both shopped at the store regularly, and Ferreira says they have never before both had to present an ID for similar purchases. While his wife went outside to retrieve hers from the car, he asked to see a manager to make sure he understood the policy. Ferreira says he wanted to make sure it was being applied to all
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