The incident in Joliet, Ill., is thought to be another case of young people using the coronavirus outbreak to stage a viral joke.

Maurice Carvery says he continued to press the officer for an answer as to what warranted the need for backup, but the officer refused to answer him.

"The commission has received a number of inquiries related to consumer racial profiling over the past several months," a spokesperson for the commission said.

Chief of Halifax police Dan Kinsella called the violent arrest at the Mumford Road Walmart an unfortunate incident

Regina's Rochdale Walmart is reopening on Tuesday after it closed down in early December from a fire.

Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella has committed to personally investigating the incident and will be at the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on Monday.

Rochdale Walmart donated 36,000 pounds of canned goods to the Regina Food Bank following its December fire.

Santina Rao is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court in February. She says she intends to fight the charges.

Santina Rao was shopping at Walmart on Mumford Road in Halifax on Wednesday afternoon when she alleges she was racially profiled and accused of "concealing items."

Following the Dec. 10 fire at Rochdale Walmart, the company said they are still a couple weeks away from reopening.