Four Tops singer alleges racism, mistreatment at Warren hospital [View all]

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Four Tops singer alleges racism, mistreatment at Warren hospital

Charles E. RamirezThe Detroit News

The lead singer of legendary Motown group the Four Tops says he was racially profiled, mistreated and even put in a type of a straight jacket by staff at a suburban Detroit hospital earlier this month and now plans to file a lawsuit.

Alexander Morris claims staff at Ascension Macomb in Warren put him in a straight jacket-type device because they thought he was "crazy" and at one point, a (white) security guard told him to "sit his Black a-- down." He plans to file a federal lawsuit against Ascension, the healthcare system that owns and manages the hospital where he said he was mistreated.

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Immediately, they didn't believe anything he said," said Davis. "They racially profiled him and thought he was lying. They thought he was mentally ill instead of a successful Black man and they placed him in a straight jacket." Hospital staff refused to allow Morris to show them any proof of his identity, the attorney said.

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The whole ordeal went on for about three hours, Morris said. Davis said once hospital staff was convinced of Morris' identity, Ascension Warren officials offered him a $25 Meijer gift card as compensation for his inconvenience.

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(Gift card. What about successful black man do they still not understand? Not that anyone should be abused like this.)