A Portland man who says he was berated by Walmart store security in Tigard and falsely labeled a vacuum thief filed a $475,000 lawsuit after the chain admitted a few months later that he actually did buy the vacuum.
Plaintiff Ryan Redditt, who is 46 and Black, filed the lawsuit last week alleging store employees and security staff followed him to his car and snapped photos and appeared to be taking video of him and his license plate. The suit states that they yelled, “You should get a job! Then you won’t have to steal,” and “I’m so tired of you.” They also threatened that his image would be posted on social media for all to see and law enforcement would soon track him down, the suit says.
“It was incredibly insulting,”…
