A Portland man has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against a local gas station after claiming that an attendant refused to sell him gas over the summer because of his race.
Dominique DeWeese, who is Black, said in the lawsuit filed last week that he went to Jay’s Garage in July to fill up a gas canister for his lawnmower.
In a video obtained by FOX12 Oregon, DeWeese is heard asking the attendant why he won’t sell him gas. The attendant, who is White, responded in the video: "There’s dumpster fires, they get a can of gasoline and they start the fire." DeWeese said in the lawsuit that an attendant at Jay's Garage in Portland refused to sell him gas.
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