A black man who was a guest at a hotel in Portland, Ore., was asked to leave by police and hotel staff while he was making a call in the lobby.
The Oregonian reported on Wednesday that Jermaine Massey, who is from Washington state, was visiting Portland for the first time to attend a Travis Scott concert when he received a late phone call from his mother.
Massey, who was reportedly registered as a guest at a DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, decided to return his mother's call from the lobby before going up to his room. While he was on the call, a hotel security guard asked him to leave and later called the police.
In the first of a series of videos, Massey can be seen sitting in a chair as a security guard named Earl calls the police on him.
When he asks the guard why he is calling the police, he says "to escort you off the property."
"Because what and I'm staying here?" Massey asks.
"Not anymore," the guard replies.
"I didn't do anything to you," Massey goes on to say, "I'm sitting here taking a phone call and you interrupting my phone call."
"Did you interrupt any of these other people here?" Massey can be heard saying before turning his camera to show other guests in the lobby.
Police can be seen arriving to the hotel in another clip and questioning Massey and hotel staff about the incident.
"They already had in their minds that they didn't want me there so I waited for the cops to show up and when they did, I explained my side of the story and they didn't want to hear it," Massey wrote on Instagram.
"They told me that since the hotel requested me to leave, that if I didn't I would be considered a trespasser and would be thrown in jail. I complied and cooperated and was not issued a refund for my room. I packed my stuff and went to another hotel."
this one straight up looks like segregation to my middle eastern ass, tbhWhat are filing this under y'all?
Checking on loved ones while black?
What are filing this under y'all?
Checking on loved ones while black?
What are filing this under y'all?
Checking on loved ones while black?
I don't fucking get it man. They straight up scammed him out of his room.Based on Funyarinpa's quotes, I think it's safe to file it under "Racist jerk hates black people."
Given that the guy had a paid room, I'm shocked the hotel was able to just have him removed with no refund.
He should have a slam dunk case against Double Tree for this.
Sometimes, hitting folks in the pocketbook is the only thing that makes a difference. If it makes life tough for this hotel owner, too bad, so sad. Don't staff your hotel with racist shits.
Management of the DoubleTree hotel told The Oregonian that the incident involving Massey was likely a misunderstanding and that the hotel staff does not racially discriminate against people.
Management of the DoubleTree hotel told The Oregonian that the incident involving Massey was likely a misunderstanding and that the hotel staff does not racially discriminate against people.
I don't fucking get it man. They straight up scammed him out of his room.
It is 100% illegal, but you have to prove in court that the reason was the guest's race, which can be a hard thing to do. Though usually people like Earl are immensely stupid, so it's not like impossible to win such cases.
Private property.
Sure buddy.Management of the DoubleTree hotel told The Oregonian that the incident involving Massey was likely a misunderstanding and that the hotel staff does not racially discriminate against people.
Cause this is America.
Then they should give him his money back. All they're saying either way is that they fucked a customer out of their room for zero reason.Management of the DoubleTree hotel told The Oregonian that the incident involving Massey was likely a misunderstanding and that the hotel staff does not racially discriminate against people.