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Colorado Springs Hotel Employees Suspended After Mark Curry Incident

Curry accused staff of racism after they accosted him in the lobby.

Staff members at Wyndham Mining Exchange Hotel in Colorado Springs have been suspended after comedian Mark Curry said they racially targeted him over the weekend. Curry, who was staying at the hotel while in town for a comedy gig, filmed two hotel employees following him through the lobby and asking him if he was a guest. Curry told the workers that no white guests were being approached in the same way. “You cannot be in this hotel lobby if you’re Black and you’re in Colorado Springs,” Curry said while filming. Curry went to the guests services desk to alert other employees that he was being followed, but they also asked him to prove that he was a guest of the hotel. A hotel representative said employees who were involved in the incident “have been suspended, pending further investigation.”