A hotel excuses a week after chasing a black man

The attorneys of a black man chased out of an Oregon hotel last week said they wanted a public explanation of why he had been asked to leave.

Almost a week later, the DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland apologized Friday to Jermaine Massey on Twitter. He accused the hotel of racial profiling after a security guard called the police out of the lobby, Oregon Public Broadcasting said.

"We sincerely apologize for the treatment inflicted on Mr. Massey last weekend and deeply regret it was unacceptable and contrary to our values, beliefs and the way we seek to treat everyone who visits our hotel, "said the tweet .

The hotel also stated that the employees involved had been placed

The safety officer told Massey that if he could not provide a room number, he would be asked to leave. According to a police report, the resident of Washington State was staying at the hotel and was going with a policeman.

Massey has posted on social media a video showing some of the interaction with the guard.

"He calls the cops on me because I pick up a phone call at the DoubleTree Hotel," Massey says in the video. "I did not move, I stayed here all the time and they called the police because I was answering a phone call in the hall, did you ask one of those people who walked in the room they were in? No. "

Chief Executive Paul Peralta said in a statement earlier this week that the hotel had contacted Massey to try to find a solution, noting that The incident was "probably the result of a misunderstanding between our hotel and our guests".

Massey said Thursday through the intermediary of his lawyers that he was not interested in an in camera discussion.

"The hotel has requested a private discussion, but Mr. Massey has been publicly humiliated," said lawyers Gregory and Jason Kafoury at The Law Firms Kafoury and McDougal wrote in a statement.

The hotel must publicly explain why security approached and questioned Massey and explained how, as the guard said, Massey posed a security threat, his lawyers said.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Friday that it was deeply troubling to hear about Massey's experience.

"No one should be treated this way, and I hope it will serve as a catalyst for the necessary changes it addresses the systemic nature of discrimination in all its forms, "he wrote on Twitter.

This is the last high-profile incident in which blacks were removed from their activities.

Last month, police in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland helped the owner of a frozen yogurt store to chase a black man because employees had felt badly about it. ;easy.

In April, Philadelphia police arrested two black men in a Starbucks cafe after a director called the police to tell them that they had refused to make a purchase. or leave.

Police, other city officials and business owners later apologized.

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