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Jury Awards $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’
NY Times ^ | 1/28/2023 | McKenna Oxenden

Posted on 02/03/2023 5:31:14 PM PST by simpson96

A woman in Oregon was awarded $1 million in damages this week after a jury found that she was discriminated against when a gas station attendant told her he didn’t “serve Black people.”

The decision by the jury in Multnomah County, which came after a four-day civil trial, included $550,000 in punitive damages.

Greg Kafoury, a lawyer for Rose Wakefield, the plaintiff, said his client felt “vindicated” and was looking forward to putting this case behind her.

“This company deserved to be publicly humiliated just as they had publicly humiliated my client by calling her a liar in court for four days when she had been telling the truth,” Mr. Kafoury said in an interview on Saturday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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1 posted on 02/03/2023 5:31:14 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96
What a crock. I don't believe her story. Just another "one" looking for a handout.

2 posted on 02/03/2023 5:34:48 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: simpson96

Half a mil because a pump jockey said something rude? Was she trying to buy sushi?


3 posted on 02/03/2023 5:35:21 PM PST by twister881
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To: simpson96

I did not know gas station attendants made so much money! Wow.


4 posted on 02/03/2023 5:37:47 PM PST by Dogbert41
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To: simpson96

IMHO, at least a 50% probability that it was a scam...


5 posted on 02/03/2023 5:38:17 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: simpson96

What are the odds of a white boy getting an NAACP scholarship?

https://frontrunnernewjersey.com/2019/05/27/atlantic-city-naacp-names-scholarship-winners/

Oh wait... I forgot. All this discrimination BS only goes one way in this country.


6 posted on 02/03/2023 5:38:30 PM PST by Red6
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To: simpson96
Is there video?

If not, isn't it he said, she said?

7 posted on 02/03/2023 5:39:15 PM PST by marktwain
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To: simpson96

should be thrown out on appeal


8 posted on 02/03/2023 5:50:18 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: simpson96

Reparations by any other name ...


9 posted on 02/03/2023 5:50:28 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: simpson96
when a gas station attendant told her he didn’t “serve Black people.”

Why don't I believe this?

10 posted on 02/03/2023 6:01:07 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: twister881

Was volunteering at a concession stand and a school sporting event. We weee very very busy during half time. Had drinks thrown at me and all I heard was “ can’t a black man get a full glass” we were all like what the hell, here comes a law suit. The crowd basically took him out.


11 posted on 02/03/2023 6:49:36 PM PST by midwest_hiker
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To: simpson96

such a double standard.

If I hired a process server and after 100 hours they finally found but refused so serve some Kyle guy cause he was white could I sue for millions?


12 posted on 02/03/2023 6:53:02 PM PST by algore
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To: simpson96

Tell a black woman she has to wait her turn, you get fired, she gets $1 million.


13 posted on 02/03/2023 7:51:18 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: simpson96

Oregon... unpossible


14 posted on 02/03/2023 10:01:16 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: simpson96

Gas station attendant get 20 G’S on the side wink.

They took the bait babe


15 posted on 02/04/2023 8:22:35 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Vaduz

That’s my take.


16 posted on 02/04/2023 8:23:41 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Check


17 posted on 02/04/2023 8:57:37 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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