I think the story is bogus. These people are not above fabricating scenarios to “prove” their accusations of racism.
There appears to be a lot of scenario fabrication going on these days.
Of course, that’s probably due to the fact that we people out here in fly-over country don’t conduct ourselves in accordance with the stereotypes assigned to us by our betters, so they have to continually invent stuff to keep their narratives from crashing and burning.