Disney World accused of racial profiling

ORLANDO, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- Efforts to curb loitering in Walt Disney World have lead to charges of racial profiling by some of the teens escorted off the Florida resort's property.

Assisted by off-duty sheriff's deputies, Disney security officers expelled dozens of youth and banned them from returning to the resort. Emerging details show all but one of those banished were black or Hispanic, leading some teens and their parents to accuse Disney of targeting minorities, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Thursday.

Several Florida State University recruits who were told to leave and cited for trespassing said they are considering filing a lawsuit. Recruit Nick Moody's father, Philadelphia civil rights attorney Adrian Moody, said he was looking into the incident to determine whether legal action is warranted, the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune reported.

"I'm just trying to understand how you can have such a ban at a public facility. I can tell you this, based on what I know now, it sounds like profiling to me," Moody told the Tribune. "This is one of those things that, in my view, it needs to be dealt with right now so they can clear their names."

Disney officials declined comment on the allegations of targeting minorities.