"Detroit — The Hub of Detroit bicycle shop in Cass Corridor will be closed until next week in light of an alleged racially charged incident that occurred Thursday.

"Sherry McLaughlin, president of the board of directors for Back Alley Bikes, a nonprofit that owns the Hub of Detroit, said a black male came into the shop the morning of June 22. While waiting for a bike repair, he allegedly uttered a series of racial slurs toward a black employee, she said. He was then asked to leave. That day, a man, James E. Lee III, claimed on social media that he was physically attacked by the staff.

“Went in for a bike repair and the owner and workers jumped me,” he wrote on Facebook, adding, “Horrible customer service and the worst experience I’ve ever had as a first time bike rider in the city of Detroit.”


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