Walmart Ordered To Pay Oregon Man $4.4M For Racial Profiling
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Walmart spokesperson Randy Hargrove called into question some of the claims and said Walmart considers the verdict "excessive."
DDA Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in 2020.
According to the lawsuit the employee "spied" on Dovey Mangum while shopping, ordered him to leave and called police when he refused, KGW reported.
According to the lawsuit and a news release from his attorneys, Mangum, who was 59 at the time, visited the Walmart in Wood Village on March 26, 2020, to buy a light bulb for his refrigerator. After Mangum arrived, he noticed store employee Joe Williams watching him as he shopped.
