A adult female claims she plans to data file a civic rights complaint against Harrah’s New Orleans over an incident finally calendar week at the gaming property. Deja Harrison, a 23-year-old Army lieutenant, was stopped-up(a) from going onto the cassino story after her IDs were challenged.
The incident began after Rex Harrison went to the casino with her half brother to fete his 21st birthday. Initially, she gave the staff fellow member her driver’s license. However, the I.D. failed to successfully CAT scan through and through an electronic reader. President William Henry Harrison then presented her military ID.
The cassino stave member questioned if the war machine I.D. was hers. She believes he thought that the outrank was too high for the I.D. to go to her.
Harrison also showed the employee a COVID-19 vaccination identity card and a receipt for military machine salary, according to Raw Story, a subject online intelligence site.
Harrison recorded the incident on her cadre phone. She later posted the picture on Twitter. There were over 240,000 views as of too soon Saturday.
Video Goes Viral
In Harrison’s video, an employee canful be heard questioning if she was presenting someone else’s military machine ID.
I don’t reckon this is you,” the employee later identified as “Corey” was heard apprisal Rex Harrison in a picture she posted on Twitter.
The cassino worker then says he is going to call in the police. In the video, he is seen picking up a phone and appears to do a call.
Harrison waited for officers to arrive. But even out after two hours, they did not present up. It remains unknown region if the employee ever so made the call off to the police. Independently, WDSU, a local TV station, checkered the department’s 911 database. There were no more calls from Harrah’s during that time, the send revealed.
“I don’t reckon this is you..I’ll call in NOPD and you can buoy explain to them” -Corey from @harrahsnola @HarrahsLADowns
I showed 2 forms of photo I.D and yet my Army paystub.
I shouldn’t live discriminated against just now bc I’m a high-ranked 23 yr older dark female person inwards the Army! pic.twitter.com/ziIFUz6XsX
— Deja President Harrison (@dejaharrisontv) October 5, 2021
Military, ROTC Member
Though just 23, Reginald Carey Harrison has a comparatively long history with the Army.
Initially, she enlisted while inwards luxuriously school with her mother’s permission to mark up. She had been inwards Jr ROTC and later ROTC. She graduated from Louisiana’s Grambling State University earliest this year. She was commissioned as a 2nd police lieutenant inwards July.
Harrison told the casino’s parent company, Caesars Entertainment, she will live retaining an attorney. She also thanked supporters who posted comments on Twitter.
“I just now wanted everybody to know, this is what I’m going through at Harrah’s,” Harrison said. Following the incident, President Harrison said she was “shocked” and “furious” almost the actions of the Harrah’s employee. She noted it is a federal criminal offence to lay out a sham armed services ID.
Caesars ‘Saddened’ By Event
Caesars Entertainment said it was “saddened” by the incident, but also has to comply with regulations for checking players’ ages.
We are saddened past this state of affairs and testament proceed to judge our processes to ensure that we uphold both our committal to our guests and our regulators,” Caesars said inwards a statement to WDSU.
The companion further stated they hold “an unwavering loyalty to diversity and our military.”
Caesars Entertainment confirmed Harrison presented a LA driver’s permission which failed to CAT scan properly. She and so presented the armed forces ID card.
(B)ut the information on the armed forces I.D. identity card did not jibe the info she had verbally communicated to our protection officers,” the Caesars statement said. “As a result, inward compliance with applicable gaming regulations, our surety officers did not countenance Ms. Rex Harrison to move into the casino,” the financial statement adds.
Casino.org reached out to Caesars Entertainment for a response. No financial statement was provided as of Saturday.
Complaint Process, Possible Grounds
Often, civil rights complaints inward the US are filed inwards courts or at nation or federal commissions. The complainant believes his/her civic rights were violated and possible favoritism took place.
Evidence tin can follow presented. The complaint is so reviewed by a judge, jury, or commissioning members.
Violations, many times, are linked to race, gender, age, religion, disability, and other categories. The US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division lets complainants file a make online.