Portland DoubleTree Fires Employees Who Called Police on Black Guest

*Doing what it thinks it needs to do, the Portland, Oregon DoubleTree Hotel has kicked two employees (a/k/a: scapegoats as far as we’re concerned) to the curb because they were the ones (at least on camera) who evicted a black paying guest because he was talking on the phone to his mother.

The hotel, part of the Hilton corporation, may think its problem with the man are over now that they’ve fired a a couple of low level employees. That’s not going to solve their problem.

As we reported earlier, 34-year-old Jermaine Massey, from Washington State, came to Portland to attend a Travis Scott concert. Dude was minding his own business in the hotel lobby speaking on the phone (with his room key apparently in hand) when a white security guard approached him and accused him of trespassing.

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Tonight I was racially profiled and discriminated against for taking a phone call in the lobby of my hotel room at the @doubletreepdx @doubletree. The security guard “Earl” decided that he would call the police on me, the exact reason is still unclear to me. He said that I was a safety threat to the other guests and that I was trespassing and said that I was a disturbance because I took a personal phone call from my mom in a more remote area of the lobby. The manager who actually called the cops, “Luis” actually asked me AFTER he called the cops, what happened? 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. They asked me if I had personal items in my room (which of course I did) and asked me to go retrieve them. 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. I cannot believe the level of professionalism that this hotel property had with me tonight. It is never ok to discriminate against guests for the color of their skin and to prejudge them based on your own bias against that race. Earl is a disgrace, calls himself a man but calls the Portland Police Dept on a man who was minding his own business in the lobby of his hotel. I had my hotel key in my hand the entire conversation, he knew I was a guest. He wanted to prove a point and did it in the worst way. Not really shocked that this happened but just extremely disappointed. I will be seeking justice. Believe that. @doubletree @doubletreepdx @hiltonhonors #hilton #hiltonhotels #racism #racisminamerica #racismisreal @shaunking

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That hotel security guard, Earl Meyers, then ordered another employee to call the police. When cops arrived, they then escorted Massey to his room to retrieve his belongings.

Massey filmed the incident and posted it on Instagram.

“We have terminated the employment of the two men involved in the mistreatment of Mr. Massey,” DoubleTree Portland tweeted on Saturday. “Their actions were inconsistent with our standards & values. We reiterate our sincere apology for what he endured & will work with diversity experts to ensure this never happens again.”

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We have terminated the employment of the two men involved in the mistreatment of Mr. Massey. Their actions were inconsistent with our standards & values. We reiterate our sincere apology for what he endured & will work with diversity experts to ensure this never happens again.

— DoubleTree Portland (@doubletreepdx) December 29, 2018

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he hoped the racial profiling incident would serve as a “catalyst for necessary changes that address the systemic nature of discrimination of all forms.

In an email to USA Today, DoubleTree Portland general manager Paul Peralta said the company has a “zero-tolerance stance on discrimination of any kind,” and that it would seek “the counsel of community leaders” and “engage a third party to conduct a full investigation into the incident…”

In his social media post, Massey said, “It is never ok to discriminate against guests for the color of their skin and to prejudge them based on your own bias against that race. Earl is a disgrace, calls himself a man but calls the Portland Police Dept on a man who was minding his own business in the lobby of his hotel.”

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