Oregon Gas Station Worker tells Woman They Don't Serve Black People
The Portland woman was ignored several times before the interaction.
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The Portland woman was ignored several times before the interaction.
Her filing states that before leaving the gas station, Rose Wakefield confronted the attendant, who responded, “I don’t serve Blacks,” and laughed at her.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.” The Multnomah County jury’s award this week to Portland resident Rose Wakefield, 63, included punitive damages of $550,000.
This week, a Multnomah County jury found Rose Wakefield had suffered racial discrimination by PacWest Energy and Jacksons Food Stores.
On Monday, January 23, 2023, a Multnomah County jury found that Rose Wakefield, a retinal imager at the Veterans’ Administration had suffered racial discrimination by PacWest Energy and Jacksons Food Stores, and awarded her damages of $1 million. The verdict included punitive damages of $550,000.