Video of Hotel Employee Trying to Remove Black Teen Goes Viral Online

Video with over one million views shows the moment a hotel employee tries to remove a Black teen, until his mother intervenes

A viral video on social media shows a white hotel employee accusing a Black teenager of trespassing. In the footage, she attempts to force him out of the building until his mother arrives and clarifies that they are both guests.

“Why are you kicking me out?” the teen asks at the beginning of the video.

“Because you’re trespassing,” the employee replies.

“How can I be trespassing if I rented a room here?” he asks.

“You don’t have any room,” insists the employee, asking him to leave.

At that moment, the teen’s mother approaches and confronts the employee: “What’s going on here?” she asks, emphasizing that they are staying at the hotel.

“He’s with me, he’s my son,” the mother says, explaining they had just come from the pool and gym area.

A security guard also steps in, saying: “You need to keep him with you.”

“He’s 18 years old,” the mother replies.

The teen says the employee even took his ID, photographed it, and tried to remove him from the premises.

While speaking with hotel staff, the mother begins recounting several problems she experienced since check-in.

“So now you’re targeting my son?” she asks the employee.

“I’m not targeting anyone,” the woman replies.

The mother also recalls other moments when she and her son were seen together at the hotel by the same employee.

“This was the worst experience we’ve had,” the mother says. “And can you delete his photo?”

“Of course, no problem,” the employee responds.

“I’ll make sure to write a detailed review about what we went through here,” the mother concludes.

The teen posted the video to TikTok on March 26, tagging the Memphis Vitality Hotel and accusing the employee of racism. The post has already surpassed one million views and received thousands of comments.

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