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The city of Portland has recently agreed to pay $50,001 to settle a discrimination suit brought by a Black citizen who alleged a Portland officer harassed him at his place of employment. The incident happened after Jamal Winchester’s accused an officer of racially profiling him.

Winchester‘s lawsuit claimed the officer had stopped him twice within a month in Southeast Portland. “For me, it’s not about the monetary value,” Winchester said. “It’s about holding people with authority accountable.’’

The 39-year-old was stopped in May 2016 by Officer Gregory Burn, who pulled Winchester over for allegedly not wearing his seat belt and having invalid registration tags OregonLive reported. Burn gave him a ticket and told him if he fixed his tags and completed a driver’s safety course, the ticket would be dismissed.

Then a month later Winchester was stopped when he was headed to court from work. The lawsuit notes Winchester was driving a different car.

Winchester claims the cop approached the driver’s side window, started laughing and said sarcastically, “What are the chances? One in a million” according to the lawsuit. Burn, a 14-year-veteran of the force, and the city acknowledged no wrongdoing as part of the settlement.

The city acknowledged Burn had made initial remarks about “one in a million,” but cited that he didn’t laugh or say anything sarcastic.

“The judgment shall not be construed as an admission of liability nor an admission that plaintiff suffered any damages,” Deputy City Attorney Robert Yamachika wrote.

Earlier this year, Winchester also filed a discrimination suit against Walmart after he was accused of stealing a fishing pole he’d just purchased according to Atlanta Black Star.

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