Black woman refused service at Oregon gas station is awarded $1M in discrimination lawsuit
An Oregon jury awarded a Black woman $1 million in damages this week in a civil case after a gas attendant at a full-service gas station told her, “I don’t serve Black people.” On March 12, 2020, Rose Wakefield stopped at Jacksons Food Store in Beaverton, Ore., to get her gas pumped. She said the attendant, Nigel Powers, disregarded her after she tried to get his attention several times, filling up for other cars that drove into the station after her./ "I went to a gas station to get gas and service, and I wasn't served. I was actually ...
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