I fired a manager for making an employee check their bag. Am I wrong for this?

There was an incident where an employee lost his phone. The manager took the laptop bag of the only Hispanic girl in the department and started searching her bag. She didn't search anyone else's bag, just hers. The other team members told the employee who lost their phone to use "find my iPhone," but the employee wouldn't do it since they didn't want the loud ring to sound off.

The Hispanic employee came to me crying and told me that she felt singled out, embarrassed, and discriminated. Every employee confirmed that the manager didn't check their belongings. The manager said that the bag was the company's property, but in my perspective, it was still in the employee's possession. Before trying to look for the phone, the manager jumped into conclusions and said that the phone might have "fallen into the bag." I wasn't falling for this and have decided to fire the manager. There are few people in leadership who disagree with my decision, but I feel that this was indeed discrimination.

You definitely made the right decision. Your employees will always look up to you, because you ddI the right thing. What matters is how your employees think of you, not how other leaders view you. As long as they're happy, the company will flourish. Good job mate.

She was profiled by an ignorant biased prejudiced manager, glad you fired him/her.

You made the right choice.

I don't blame you, i mightve done the same thing

You did the right thing. She single out one person base on race. She didn't look into others bags, just the said employee. Why didn't the manger check other bags, just hers. Did she have a beef with her.

You don't say whether the phone was found, but you were right to fire the manager.

Well if the phone was found then no need to check other bags. Since you ignored that detail it seems weird. Also left out was did someone ACCUSE the employee? Maybe the manager had a reason to start there. Were the other bags put up in another place? So, so many details I don't know.

The bag is not the company's property. Unless he had a reasonable explanation for searching only that one person's bag, then firing him was smart.

It could have fallen into any bag, why not search others?