. >> marlena henderson says employees racially profiled her teenage son, kicked him out of the store and defended their actions saying he was aggressive. and used other terms that stereotype young black boys. this happened back on december 21st. the 13-year-old stopped into the whole foods near lake merit to buy his mother a christmas gift. she says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the rest boom. >> the two men in polo shirts came in after him. and yelled at him. accused him of stealing. i was horrified because -- he was just frying, he was frying to be independent, responsible. he was shopping for gifts. trying to be generous. >> marlena posted detailed account of the incident on social media which has been shared hundreds of times. some people are threatening to boycott whole foods. she hopes this leads to change. >> they need to apologize to my son. i think they also need to have some sort of training with their management. >> whole foods released a statement saying the company has zero tolerance for discrimination. it also says, we conducted a full investigati

. >> marlena henderson says employees racially profiled her teenage son, kicked him out of the store and defended their actions saying he was aggressive. and used other terms that stereotype young black boys. this happened back on december 21st. the 13-year-old stopped into the whole foods near lake merit to buy his mother a christmas gift. she says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the rest boom. >> the two men in polo shirts came in after him. and yelled at him. accused him of stealing. i was horrified because -- he was just frying, he was frying to be independent, responsible. he was shopping for gifts. trying to be generous. >> marlena posted detailed account of the incident on social media which has been shared hundreds of times. some people are threatening to boycott whole foods. she hopes this leads to change. >> they need to apologize to my son. i think they also need to have some sort of training with their management. >> whole foods released a statement saying the company has zero tolerance for discrimination. it also says, we conducted a full investigati

. >> reporter: but marlena henderson says employees at the whole foods in oakland racially targeted her son, kicked him out of the store, and defended their actions by saying he was aggressive and other terms that stereotype young black boys. this happened back on december 21st. the 13-year-old stopped into the whole foods near lake merritt to buy his mother christmas gifts. she says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the restroom. >> two men in polo shirts came after him, yelled at him, accused him of stealing. i was horrified because he was just -- he was trying to be independent, he was trying to be responsible. he was shopping for gifts. he was trying to be generous. >> reporter: marlena posted this detailed account of the incident on social media which has now been shared hundreds of times. some people are threatening to boycott whole foods. she hopes this leads to change. >> they need to apologize to my son. they also need some sort of training with their management. >> reporter: whole foods released a statement saying the company has zero tolerance for discrimin

. >> reporter: but marlena henderson says employees at the whole foods in oakland racially profiled teller her teenaged son, kicked him out of the store, and defended their actions by saying he was aggressive and other terms that stereotype young black boys. this happened back on december 21st. the 13-year-old stopped into the whole foods near lake merritt to buy his mother christmas gifts. she says he made the honest mistake of taking his basket into the restroom. >> two men in polo shirts came after him, yelled at him, accused him of stealing. i was horrified because he was just -- he was trying to be independent, he was trying to be responsible. he was shopping for gifts. he was trying to be generous. >> reporter: marlena posted this detailed account of the incident on social media which has now been shared hundreds of times. some people are threatening to boycott whole foods. she hopes this leads to change. >> they need to apologize to my son. they also need some sort of training with their management. >> reporter: whole foods released a statement saying the company has zero tolerance