Walmart Ordered To Pay $4.4M To Oregon Man In Racial Profiling Case

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A grand jury in Oregon has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store after he said he was racially profiled by an employee at a Portland-area store in 2020.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, Joe Williams, “spied” on Michael Mangum while he shopped for a light bulb at the store, ordered him to leave, and called the police when he

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