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In reply to the discussion: Black man blocked from entering NJ gym where hes a paid member and even the cops are confused [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)When they aren't posted, it is possible to demonstrated that such a policy exists by pointing to a consistent policy and practice - for example, if the store regularly and consistently enforced the no sit no buy rule every day, that would help to demonstrate that a purchase was a condition of occupancy.
But that wasn't the case here. Not only was the policy not posted, no one in the restaurant seemed to know anything about it until the manager singled out these two black men. Plenty of other patrons were also in the restaurant without buying anything, but were not asked to leave. This is pretty conclusive proof that there was no such policy and, therefore, it was not a condition that the men had violated.
FYI, this is what's is called in the law, a classic "pretext."
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