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I don't see it that way. He had no more obligation to prove he had a right to be there than any other hotel guest or their public visitors. If the lobby was off limits to what the hotel considered to be "undesirables," then the lobby should have a locked entry which can be opened with a hotel room card (key). Hotel swimming pools, workout rooms, etc., function that way, for example.
No, the hotel is a private venue and they have the right to question anyone if they are authorized to be in that area.
No, the hotel is a private venue and they have the right to question anyone if they are authorized to be in that area.
Are you saying the hotel has a policy that only hotel guests can be present in the lobby? Please provide proof of that. That would contradict the policy of every hotel I've ever been in.
Hotels can and do ask people to leave their public areas.
Homeless people who wander in and fall asleep are not allowed to continue snoozing.
Sex workers plying their trade. Drug dealers selling their wares.
Intoxicated individuals or those experiencing a commotion-causing mental health crisis.
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Just because the lobby area is open to the public, does not mean that front desk employees and security staff are not alert to what is going on and their responsibility to maintain the ambiance of the hotel.
However, once it had been established that the man was a guest, that should have ended it right there.
However, once it had been established that the man was a guest, that should have ended it right there.
At that point, the entire dynamic should have changed. At that point, all they had was a guest who had been argumentative for a short period of time.
This was a case of "I'm not talking to you, I want to see the manager"--and hotels have those all the time.
A manager who can't say at that point, "Well, sir, we apologize. Have this complimentary cookie," really does deserve to be fired. To take it so far as to have someone removed by police for essentially demanding to see the manager is very poor management.
In other videos, Mr. Massey, 34, acknowledges that he has become part of the continuing documentation, through cellphone videos and social media, of black people being confronted by white authority figures or bystanders while going about their everyday lives.
The Dec. 22 encounter was captured on cellphone video by Massey, who posted it that night on Instagram, where it was shared widely. In other videos, Massey, 34, acknowledges that he has become part of the continuing documentation, through cellphone videos and social media, of black people being confronted by white authority figures or bystanders while going about their everyday lives.
It seems to have been totally made up. One is only left to ask why.
I guess the NY Times made it up. Or the Seattle Times. Or (fill in the blank). I didn't make it up.
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