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In May 2020, social media users shared photographs of a man shopping at a grocery store during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic wearing not a standard face mask, but a white head covering that appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood: Many viewers questioned whether the photographs were real or possibly staged, and why the shopper was seemingly allowed by store personnel to wear such a get-up while shopping. These pictures are indeed real, snapped at a Vons grocery store in the suburban city of Santee in San Diego County, California. Vons has acknowledged that the incident took place at one of their stores. It is not yet known whether the customer did in fact eventually remove the hood and/or check out with his groceries. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said that deputies were not called to the scene, but they are reviewing security video footage to identify the person seen in the pictures and may pursue criminal charges against him. CNN spoke to some customers who were in the Santee Vons store at the time: San Diego television station KGTV reported that the full statement from Vons on the matter read as follows:
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