Oregon racial profiling lawsuit ends in $4.4 million penalty for Walmart

Michael Mangum sued Walmart after he said he was racially profiled and harassed by an employee at the Walmart in Wood Village.

WOOD VILLAGE, Ore. — A Multnomah County jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to Michael Mangum, a Black man who sued the store after he said he was racially profiled and harassed by an employee at the Walmart in Wood Village. According to the lawsuit, the employee “spied” on Mangum while he was shopping, ordered him to leave and then called police when he refused.

Walmart allowed the employee to keep his job for several months after the incident, Mangum’s

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