Bathroom lawsuit accuses 2 more Columbia stores of race discrimination [View all]
COLUMBIA, SC -- Two more Columbia gas-station convenience stores have been accused in a second round of lawsuits of allowing whites, but not African Americans, to use their bathrooms.
That brings to seven the number of Columbia convenience stores to face racial discrimination charges in civil lawsuits filed in state court in Richland County.
The two stores sued most recently are Cayce Investments, doing business under the name of Gasway II, at 4007 Farrow Road, and Cheap Way Gas Station at 5400 Farrow Road.
On Wednesday, employees denied discrimination charges.
“We don’t have a public bathroom,” said Raj Thiara, clerk at Cheap Way gas station. “It’s not about race or anything. We don’t have a public bathroom – it’s a private bathroom.”
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