Video shows black woman locked out of Waffle House
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A black woman says she was locked out of a Waffle House restaurant in Alabama while white customers ate inside.
Video posted by Jacinda Mitchell shows her pulling on the locked door of a restaurant in the Birmingham suburb of Pinson while others dined.
At one point, a white man inside the restaurant comes to the window and points, saying something unintelligible within inches of Mitchell.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It's unclear when the incident occurred, but Mitchell posts on Facebook that it was before the fatal shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee and the arrest of a black woman at a Waffle House on the Alabama coast.
A statement from the Georgia-based restaurant company says an employee was wrong to lock the door. The statement doesn't address why the worker locked it, but spokesman Pat Warner said a company review would determine whether race was a factor.
Mitchell did not respond to a message seeking comment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mitchell's video was posted days after the arrest of a black woman, Chikesia Clemons, during a disruption at a Waffle House in Saraland, Alabama, prompted allegations of mistreatment by restaurant workers and officers.
The Alabama NAACP and an attorney for Clemons have questioned whether racial bias played a role in the arrest.