Mealey's (December 18, 2020, 11:01 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Black hotel guest sufficiently alleged that a security guard discriminated and committed a hate crime against him under federal and state statutes when he repeatedly asked the guest in the hotel lobby if he “belonged there” and requested identification, a Virginia federal judge concluded Dec. 4 in refusing to dismiss the claims against Hilton hotel franchise owners and operators and security service provider (Albert Law v. Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., et al., No. 20-145, E.D. Va., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 228423)....