They say this news is an outrage - But good to know who'll dominate a coon

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/shop-guard-accused-of-racist-evictions/story-fnk0b1zt-1226812374986


A DARWIN security guard has been accused of discriminating against indigenous people by evicting them from a city supermarket in separate incidents on Australia Day. 
 
Long-time Territorian Murray McLaughlin said he was disgusted to see the indigenous man marched out of the Woolworths Darwin City foyer simply for trying to take a sausage from Lenard's that was available for customers to sample.

"It was blatant discrimination," Mr McLaughlin said.

"I've seen (the security officer) shoving Aboriginal people around and out of the building before.

"The banished person did not seem affected by alcohol, was suitably dressed and not out to cause trouble."

Woolworths would not comment yesterday but when the NT News approached the security guard he confirmed he had been working at the store on Australia Day.

He denied he was discriminatory, saying he had no knowledge of the incidents.

"I am not racist; I'm just doing my job. If they were barefoot I would have told them to get out. It can be very stressful working here," he said.

Mr McLaughlin said bite-sized cooked samples of food were often handed out by Lenard's for customers. He said no staff member was attending the counter when a young Aboriginal man went to help himself to a slice, before the security guard intervened.



" 'No, no, no - not for you!' " he said, before he ordered the young man outside," Mr McLaughlin said.

"This fellow just wanted a bit of sausage and he was chucked out.

"This is not just discriminatory but outright mean."