Jermaine Massey – DoubleTree Portland: an Oregon hotel fires employees who called the police on a black guest on the phone in the lobby

A hotel in Oregon said it fired two of its employees for "mistreatment" of a Black guest who was talking on the phone in the lobby when he was questioned leaving a week ago. A DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Portland tweeted Saturday, they "put an end to the employment of the two men involved".

They stated that the actions of these men "were incompatible with our standards and our values". The hotel has not identified the employees.

Jermaine Massey accused the hotel of profiling racially after a security guard called the police to take him out of the lobby on December 22nd. He was staying at the hotel and his lawyers said they wanted public explanation and intent to sue, Oregon Public Broadcasting said.

The hotel apologized on Twitter, claiming that the employees involved had been put off and that an investigation would be opened. A day later, it was announced that two workers had been fired.

The safety officer told Massey that could not provide a room number, he would be asked to leave. The resident of the state of Washington left with an officer, according to a police report. Massey has posted a video on social media illustrating part of the interaction with the guard

Chief Executive Paul Peralta said in a statement released earlier this week that the hotel had made contact with Massey to try to find a solution. Massey's attorneys said the hotel should publicly explain why security went to Massey and explained to him how, as the guard said, Massey posed a security threat.

This is the last highly publicized incident in which blacks were removed from their activities.

Last month, Kirkland Police, in the Seattle suburbs, helped the owner of an iced yoghurt shop to expel a black man because employees told him that they felt uncomfortable.

The Philadelphia police arrested two black men at a Starbucks cafe after a manager called the police to tell them that they had refused to make a purchase or leave. Police, other city officials and business owners involved in these incidents later apologized.