Suing a hotel due to discrimination and taking of personal property?

I stayed at a local hotel for one night in Tampa, FL. The checkout time for this property is 12 noon. Due to herendous traffic after an appt I arrived back 36 minutes after checkout where I was advised by the front desk they were getting ready to call me. They advised that due to my lateness they threw out my property. I was "allowed" to retreive it from the dumbster houskeeping had put it in; however, housekeeping staff took the food items and had begun to eat them. I was advised by hotel management after I became irate that I was "lucky" that anything was returned to me as it was past 12 noon. I have stayed at this property numerous times and checked out late due to business. During this incident I was harrassed as to my behavior as I should have called even though the front desk advised they were getting ready to call me. I see online that this property has had numerous discrimination complaints and due to the nature of this incident I believe the same thing has happened to me.