An Oregon woman has been awarded $1 million over an incident where a gas station employee told her “I don’t serve Black people.”According to the Associated Press, a Multnomah County jury ordered Rose Wakefield, 63, to receive $1 million in damages, including punitive damages of $550,000 following the 2020 incident at Jacksons Food Store’s gas station.
Wakefield was stopping for gas on March 12, 2020, when she was ignored by attendant Nigel Powers, her lawyer, Gregory Kafoury said. When she asked for assistance, Powers allegedly said “I’ll get to you when I feel like it.”
Attendants are required to pump vehicles at gas stations in Oregon’s larger population centers.
Wakefield proceeded to ask for help inside the store, surveillance video shows. An employee followed her back outside and pumped her gas.
However, as she was leaving, Powers said “I don’t serve Black people,” when Wakefield asked why he declined to help her at the pump.
“I was like, ‘What world…
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