Overview

• Police bodycam video of the March 7, 2024 arrest at a Seven Hills, Ohio store spread widely this week, prompting boycott calls on social media.
• The store manager told an officer the 19-year-old deli worker, James Denison, took about $110 in food over three months.
• Footage shows Denison searched, handcuffed, transported to the station, fingerprinted, and booked for minor theft before being released without bond.
• In the video, Denison says he ate during shifts and intended to pay later but forgot or was unsure how to settle the cost.
• Meijer issued a public apology and said it has new procedures to avoid similar incidents, while a GoFundMe tied to Denison reported by outlets as raising funds was later taken down.