Woman Wrongly Accuses Black Man of Stealing Phone

A Black shopper is speaking out after being falsely accused of taking a woman’s phone that was actually in her purse all along. Kinley and his partner, whose name on TikTok is T, were shopping at a gift store in Palm Desert, California, when they noticed a woman was looking at them suspiciously. That’s when the woman said, “I just stuck [the phone] right here and you walked up behind me and you swiped it." Eventually, the woman found the phone in her purse, where it had been the whole time.

[DavidJ]

Moment of silence for her husband. I’m sure he gets blamed for everything.

[summeraku]

"I just freaked out". You freaked out just because a black man walked by you and you assumed your phone was missing even though it wasn't missing?.
Make that make sense.

[itazuranakisu]

She accused him without proof or at the very least emptying her purse. That was a humiliating thing for that man to do. She only apologized to save face. When she realized the first time she found her phone she didn’t stop and apologize but continued so her apology means nothing. Just because she’s not getting physical or calling the cops doesn’t mean she gets a pat on the head for “not being the worse kind of Karen”. What a low bar.

[AraAra]

He went above and beyond in emptying his pockets, the clerk offering to call her phone, and home girl STILL came up with every excuse to pin the blame on this man. And she still had the audacity to try and explain herself after he walked off.

[WizKhalia]

The sad thing is he has a right to walk off. He shouldn’t have to empty his pockets because of a baseless accusation. Get a grip people
Edit: Please stop telling me about the Black experience, I’m a Black woman. I live it too.

[phoebex]

Imagine being falsely accused like this and fearing that the police could be called and you might end-up hurt or killed just because you "fit the description".

[laurencaulton]

I think she felt it in her purse, and THAT is why she didn't want the clerk to call her phone. "He could have silenced it." That's her deflecting from the idea of calling the phone. She's more interested in the narrative that a Black man robbed her than she is in getting the phone "back."

[Veronica.A.]

I bet if she wouldn't be recorded, she wouldn't have apologized at all. A true Karen.

[SaroDantra]

The full video is fun. At one point you can tell she realises that her phone is in her bag but she doesn't want to admit it. So she just keeps accusing. The clerk basically shoves the phone into her hand for her number. Then suprise suprise she finds it right away.

Disgraceful.

The guy was really nice about it though, he was way more forgiving than most people.

[JesseDanLee]

“I need to pull out my camera right now because I know this is about to get stupid really fast”. And they were correct.

[christinahernandez]

The woman owes him more than that. She was being a complete jerk.

[mitsubachihachi]

I feel bad for him.
Not just because she falsely accused him for stealing from her and only apologized to save face, but he had to meet someone as clueless and ignorant as her.

[chillinebony]

This woman is vile. She must have seen the phone in her purse as she was searching through it, yet she kept up with this act. I'm not sure what she wanted to accomplish, but she failed. What a miserable human being.

[melissamcclain]

The chorus of Karens at the end was EVERYTHING😂😂😂😂😂😂

[monicadevino-donofrio]

He should have NEVER EMPTIED HIS POCKETS. That woman was totally wrong to have accused him. I would definitely had told her off.

[Frightmarelordofthenightmares]

The Fact She Was So Quick To Say He Probably Silenced It Before They Called It Makes Me Think She Hid Her Phone On Purpose.

[lubcece]

when he said he emptied his pockets my heart hurt for him. he shouldn't have to be in fear like that. What's wrong with people these days?!

[elizehs]

the young man really kept his cool, making sure not to escalate the situation. I’m not sure i would have been able to restrain myself from making a scene…truly admirable, what a gentleman!

[martiwaterman]

Can I add a thumbs up to the clerk who calmly offered to dial her phone.

[sofiaspetsieris]

She didn’t make an honest mistake… u can tell she just wanted to accuse him… she kept trying to stall so she wouldn’t have to check in her purse she knew her phone was with her the whole time