‘Shopping while Black’ was tased Publix customer’s only crime, attorney Ben Crump says ‘Shopping while Black’ was tased Publix customer’s only crime, attorney Ben Crump says April 2, 2021 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment A Black Publix shopper seeks $50,000 in damages from the grocery chain after a worker wrongly accused her of shoplifting and called police, who showed up and tased and arrested the woman.