KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City woman has filed a discrimination complaint against the city's downtown Power & Light District.
Khiana Leapheart filed the complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, alleging she was denied admission to the Mosaic Lounge in the entertainment district because of discriminatory application of the district's dress code.
Nick Benjamin, executive director of the district, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Leapheart's lawyer, Arthur Benson, alleges his black client was denied entry while similarly dressed whites were allowed into the Mosaic.
The complaint says the treatment of Leapheart and her family was the result of "a pattern and practice of racial discrimination against minority members of the public, especially African Americans."
Khiana Leapheart filed the complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, alleging she was denied admission to the Mosaic Lounge in the entertainment district because of discriminatory application of the district's dress code.
Nick Benjamin, executive director of the district, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Leapheart's lawyer, Arthur Benson, alleges his black client was denied entry while similarly dressed whites were allowed into the Mosaic.
The complaint says the treatment of Leapheart and her family was the result of "a pattern and practice of racial discrimination against minority members of the public, especially African Americans."
