A Texas man suing Walmart seeks $100 million in damages or limitless free lifetime procuring at any of the retailer’s areas.
On Monday, Waskom, Texas, resident Roderick Jackson despatched two handwritten complaints to the United States District Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas in Fayetteville, NBC News stories. Both complaints have been filed with out an lawyer.
Jackson filed the swimsuit claiming an incident involving the “false pretense of shoplifting” in March 2021 at a Walmart retailer in Omaha, Nebraska.
In a separate grievance, he alleged that he suffered “civil rights violations based on race/color” on the Nebraska Walmart. Neither grievance affords a lot element about his claims.
Jackson additionally requests that Walmart pay all his courtroom charges relating to the lawsuit.
Representatives for Walmart didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
On Thursday, a spokesperson for the corporate advised NBC News that the retail large does “not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”
The assertion continued, “We are aware of Mr. Jackson’s complaint and intend to defend the company against the allegations once we have been served.”
In 2021, courtroom data additionally present that Jackson beforehand sued the corporate over the identical incident alleging racial profiling together with the false accusation of a criminal offense leading to his arrest, NBC News stories. However, in keeping with courtroom paperwork, the case was tossed out after he did not serve Walmart correctly.
