Racial Discrimination Cases
February 17th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 3 Comments
Black New Haven police officers are alleging racism, including the use of the N-word during a radio transmission in December.
The allegations have been revealed by three groups – the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, the New Haven County Silver Shields and the New Haven Guardians.
Police Chief Dean Esserman said the department was investigating the use of a racial epithet...
February 6th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 2 Comments
A former railroad conductor is alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that a racially hostile environment existed at the Illinois Central Railroad that culminated in a physical assault.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Solomon Perry says he endured racial slurs transmitted on railroad radios and in graffiti left throughout his workplace at the IC's yard in the suburb...
February 3rd, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 2 Comments
The U.S. Justice Department has sued a southern Illinois mobile home park, alleging it violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against African-Americans and families with children.
The lawsuit alleges owner Lorraine Wallschlaeger and several employees imposed requirements on African-Americans interested in living at Four Seasons Estates Mobile Home Park in Effingham they did not impose on...
January 31st, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 3 Comments
French authorities have filed anti-Semitism charges against a website administrator over photos online appearing to glorify a deadly attack on a Jewish school.
Authorities and anti-racism groups hope cases like this help stanch the spread of a controversial arm gesture known as the "quenelle." Considered by some to be an inverted Nazi salute, it is increasingly being used to express anti-Jewish...
January 24th, 2014
Written by Joe Mandak in Discrimination Cases with 3 Comments
In a turn of events, a white woman is suing her formal employer for being fired after hiring a black woman. A woman has sued a chocolates-and-milkshake shop, saying she was fired for hiring a black woman instead of a white, "all-American girl."
Officials with Edward Marc Chocolatier, which does business as The Milk Shake Factory on Pittsburgh's South Side, didn't address the specific claims made...
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