Target bathroom protest at the Jackson location

People protested outside Jackson's Target Saturday - upset with the retail giant's bathroom policy. Subscribe to WAPT on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1hYcJNa

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IT IS A MATTER OF SAFETY.
REPORTER: GROWN MEN GOING INTO
THE GIRLS BATHROOM AND TARGET.
REPORTER: THE PEOPLE RALLYING
OUTSIDE TARGET IN JACKSON ON
SATURDAY EVENING SAY THAT THEY
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
COMPANY'S BATHROOM POLICY.
I AM NOT TOO PLEASED.
REPORTER: ONE MONTH AFTER NORTH
CAROLINA PASSED A LAW SAYING
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO USE THE
BATHROOM AT EITHER SEX AT BIRTH,
TARGET RELEASED A STATEMENT,
SAYING THAT THEY WELCOME
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND YES, THEY CAN USE THE
RESTROOM THAT CORRESPONDS WITH
THEIR GENDER IDENTITY.
>> THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR
FUTURE ABUSE AND IMMEDIATE OF
USE.
>> THINK ABOUT A TRANSGENDER WHO
IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN USING THE
WOMAN'S BATHROOM.
>> WHAT THIS DOES, IT
OPENS THE
DOOR, ANYBODY CAN PUT ON A DRESS
AND IT SAY, I IDENTIFY AS A
WOMAN AND THEY CAN GO IN.
>> I AM NOT SAYING THAT A
TRANSGENDER WILL HARM A CHILD, I
HAVE SAYING THAT MEN CAN GO INTO
THE RESTROOM AND CHILDREN CAN BE
HARMED.
REPORTER: ALMOST ONE MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION
OVER THE NEW BATHROOM POLICY.
WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO SAID THE
CONCERN SHOULD NOT BE OVER
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
>> I THINK THAT MEN HAVE BEEN
HARMING CHILDREN A LONG TIME AND
A LOT OF PLACES AND THIS IS AN
ODD TIME TO BE CONCERNED.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE MEN BEING IN
THE BOYS BATHROOM, IF THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT PERVERTS.
REPORTER: IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE
RULES, TARGET IS HOPING THAT
CUSTOMERS WILL TAKE THEIR
BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.
>> IF THE MONEY IS BEING TAKEN
AWAY, TO THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO
DO WHAT IS RIGHT, THEN I WOULD
LOVE THAT.
I THINK THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
>> THEY SHOULD WORRY ABOUT GOING
TO THE BATHROOM, NOT IF YOU ARE
A MAN OR A WOMAN.
IT IS JUST A BATHROOM.