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A black man sued Travelodge in San Mateo County Court, claiming a desk clerk would not let him check in to a hotel in San Francisco, though he had prepaid for his room with a debit card, then called police and <strong><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Travelodge.pdf">told them, falsely, that he had a gun</a></strong> and had threatened her with it.</p>

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A black man sued Travelodge in San Mateo County Court, claiming a desk clerk would not let him check in to a hotel in San Francisco, though he had prepaid for his room with a debit card, then called police and told them, falsely, that he had a gun and had threatened her with it.

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