White vice president at CNN 'threatened to kill' longtime black employee because he sued the network

A black CNN employee claims the network's white vice president threatened to 'kill' him over a race discrimination lawsuit he filed against the company earlier this year.

DeWayne Walker, who is black and has worked at the CNN Center in Atlanta for 16 years, filed a lawsuit against the CNN network in May over racial discrimination in job promotions.

On August 15, 2019 CNN’s vice president and group creative director Whit Friese allegedly retaliated against Walker, the manager of integrated marketing for CNN, by threatening to kill him during an incident in the CNN Center bathroom.

Friese allegedly told Walker, 'Just stop it,'' leading him to respond 'Or?'

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