Hotel faces lawsuit after employees call police on black guest

A hotel in Oregon faces a discrimination lawsuit after employees called police on a black guest. Ileana Diaz reports.

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[darknagaadventures]

As soon as he stated he was a guest, and his guest status was verified, the police should have walked away

[kirkforbes]

Diversity and inclusion training? Do people really need to be trained on how to treat people? That is a joke

[RetirededKat]

"because they felt uncomfortable" GOOD, I hope they spend the rest of their lives in a state of perpetual discomfort.

[Ardizel]

I worked at a hotel in Missouri as an overnight staff worker. One of my jobs was to ensure that anyone using our facilities is a guest. One night in particular I caught a group of teenagers jumping our back fence to get into the hot tub. I approached the group of about 10 teens of mixed races and asked if they were all guest. They were very polite to my question saying yes. And when I asked if they could show me their room keys everyone of them had a key card. After I had confirmed that the keys were active and that they were theirs as per policy I informed them for their safety and well being that they cannot jump the back fence and they Apologized and we went about our evenings peacefully.
It's not hard to asked a question if it's policy, and especially if a guest shows proof they are a guest. As a former Hotel worker I am disgusted by these staff members

[synthonaplinth]

Police: 'What's your emergency?'
Hotel employees 'There's a black man on the premises trying to exist.'

[buddhidev]

Sue the hotel, and sue all individuals involved including the manager

[mofo]

about 2 years ago, I had police called on me for loitering. They showed up and the story unfolded. A dental office gave me a date and time to collect a copy of my records. The company was going to lose me as a customer so they tried to embarrass me. It didn't work. I showed the cops the email printout with the appointment. They tried to claim other things until their own video showed I was cooperative. It went to court and they LOST $. The black man had every right to be there as a guest.

[ultimateninjaboi]

Love how the guy was like "you're loitering, " despite there literally being chairs set up. Then went to trespassing, despite the man being a guest, with a key, in a public part of the hotel. So then he just defaulted to "security risk."

[randomguywithahat]

“911 what’s your emergency?”
“Um yes, there is a black person breathing oxygen out here”

[politicaltwinkie]

The hotel should face a lawsuit, and in doing so businesses will train their employees to keep their hate at home if they expect to earn a paycheck.

[thejezzi]

He showed his key and they were like "no this doesn't convinces me" wtf really!

[freudianslip]

A few years ago a friend and I (both white)were staying at a hotel in NYC. My friend left her cell phone in our Uber so I called from mine to see if the driver could bring it back. We ended up waiting in the hotel lobby for close to 2 hours for him. No one said a word to us about loitering. This gentleman was racially profiled, pure and simple.

[No-nvhu]

Omg. He says “how am I loitering in a place that’s public?” and the employee says, “you’re sitting here” wow haha this is nuts. I hope he really did get fired.

[frankfrankdouglas]

Cops should be sued too because they knew he was a guest but went along with management anyway just goes to prove white people comfort is more important than a black life

[gracecrowe]

“Alleged” racial profiling. I don’t see what else it could be. It IS racial profiling…

[mohamedshiekh]

You know already there’s something wrong when you have to teach your employees to treat everyone the same no matter what their race is.

[TechInspected]

When I was in Taiwan I went for an early jog and came back to the hotel I was staying in and sat in the smoking area. One of the staff approached and asked if I stayed at that hotel. I said "yes", and he said "ok thank you" and THAT WAS THAT.

[Makermook]

What in God's name is going through someone's mind when the man shows them his room key and they still kick him out?

[napolien]

Cops:"911 what's your emergency?"

Me:"there is a Karen on the horizon, and I'm feeling uncomfortable"

[gjrloiouyfchicfhhudrgky]

I'm disgusted by the cop that cuffed that man in starbucks.