UPDATE: Thomas Dixon, the owner of Schwanke-Kasten in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, met with John Henson at the Milwaukee Bucks training facility Tuesday to offer an apology for the way the center was treated Monday.

"He knew that shouldn't have happened," Henson, who is black, told ESPN. "He'd had some prior incidents, but it still doesn't make it right for them to do what they did. It's a real issue today, but right now, I want to focus on the game tonight, and there will be time to talk about it later. I am going to do some things to raise awareness of situations like that and go from there."

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PREVIOUSLY: All John Henson wanted to do was look at a watch in a jewelry store.

Instead, the Milwaukee Bucks center became the victim of racial profiling.

Henson detailed the entire event via a lengthy Instagram post, describing the incident at the luxury jeweler Schwanke-Kasten in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, that led to police officers being called.

The store owner, Thomas Dixon, told ESPN that the incident was all a misunderstanding, one in which police were called over a misunderstanding about Henson's vehicle. Whitefish Bay Police had advised the store to call police if they saw a Chevrolet Tahoe, like Henson's, after one parked outside the store recently had questions about stolen plates. Police also claim the store had been previously robbed, so everyone was on high alert.

Dixon claims to regret how the situation was handled.

"We all agree that racial profiling is never acceptable and deeply regret how the circumstances unfolded Friday and today," Dixon told ESPN, adding that he wants to apologize to the Bucks center.
The Bucks wrote in a statement: "Nobody should be treated that way. We are trying to contact the store directly."

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