A Black customer is suing a McDonald’s franchise, alleging that one employee called him a racist term and that a manager caused him to be falsely arrested on an untrue allegation that he tried to steal her cell phone,

Joshua Gordon’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, filed against Garco Enterprises Inc., alleges civil rights violations, false arrest, negligent hiring, supervision and retention, general negligence, civil conspiracy and abuse of process. Gordon seeks at least $7.5 million in damages.

A Garco representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Sept. 23.

According to Gordon’s suit, he went to a drive-through at a McDonald’s on La Brea Avenue in the Mid-Wilshire District last Nov. 23 and asked an employee about the price of a hash brown an

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