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The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Portland, Oregon, fired two employees days after they were accused of racially profiling a black hotel guest who was taking a call on his cellphone in the lobby .

In a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday, the hotel issued another apology and announced that it fired the two men involved in the mistreatment of Jermaine Massey, who captured parts of last weeks confrontation on camera.

The decision to fire the employees came after the hotel announced it would investigate the discrimination claims.

Their actions were inconsistent with our standards & values, the hotel tweeted. We reiterate our sincere apology for what he endured & will work with diversity experts to ensure this never happens again.

We have terminated the employment of the two men involved in the mistreatment of Mr. Massey. Their actions were inconsistent with our standards & values. We reiterate our sincere apology for what he endured & will work with diversity experts to ensure this never happens again.

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We have terminated the employment of the two men involved in the mistreatment of Mr. Massey. Their actions were inconsistent with our standards & values. We reiterate our sincere apology for what he endured & will work with diversity experts to ensure this never happens again.
DoubleTree Portland (@doubletreepdx) December 29, 2018

Jacob Benjamin, the hotels general manager, did not immediately return HuffPosts request for the employees full names.

Last weekend, Massey posted a series of videos showing DoubleTree staff members and a police officer asking him to leave the hotel, despite his having booked a room. Massey was eventually forced to give up the room.

Tonight I was racially profiled and discriminated against for taking a phone call in the lobby of my hotel room at the @doubletreepdx @doubletree, Massey wrote in an Instagram post. They already had in their minds that they didnt want me there so I waited for the cops to show up and when they did, I explained my side of the story and they didnt want to hear it.

The hotel first apologized on Wednesday, then again on Friday, in a pair of statements obtained by HuffPost detailing the companys plans to launch an internal investigation and reach out to Massey.

Massey, who was in Portland to see rapper Travis Scott perform, said he received a call from his mother who is on the East Coast after the concert. Thinking it was an emergency, Massey said he found a remote area of the hotels lobby to answer the call.

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