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| Topic | Staff placed on leave after racially profiling hotel guest |
| BeantownHero 12/28/18 9:17:13 PM #1: | https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/12/28/doubletree-hotel-in-portland-belatedly-apologizes-to-black-guest-after-kicking-him-out-of-his-room/ The Lloyd District hotel faced a social media firestorm after Jermaine Massey, 34, a paid guest, filmed himself being removed from the hotel by a security guard and Portland police. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported on the incident, which the hotel initially called a "misunderstanding." His eviction from his room after talking on the phone in the hotel lobby drew national attention over the Christmas holiday. On Thursday, Massey's attorneys, Gregory and Jason Kafoury, of Portland-based law firm Kafoury & McDougal, asked the hotel for a full accounting of why hotel security had "approached" him and "interrogated" him "Jermaine Massey was, 'calling his mother while black,' from a quiet corner of the lobby of the DoubleTree hotel in Portland," they said in their press release. "Please explain in detail in what manner Mr. Massey was a threat to safety or security." This morning, the hotel apologized and said it had placed two employees on leave. --- nothing is a greater tell of an awful human than using "social justice warrior" as a pejorative. without exception.- Bomani Jones ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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