Racial Discrimination Cases
October 31st, 2013
Written by Amanda Lee Myers in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
A federal lawsuit accusing the predominantly white Cleveland suburb of Lakewood and its leaders of waging a racially motivated campaign of harassment to drive out a group of black residents can proceed to trial, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled that a reasonable jury could conclude that the city, its...
October 24th, 2013
Written by Deepti Hajela in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
A New York teen has filed a lawsuit against high-profile department store Barneys New York, the city and its police department over an incident in which he says he was wrongfully detained after making an expensive purchase because he is a young black man.
Another black shopper also has come forward to accuse the store of racial profiling.
In the lawsuit, Trayon Christian, 19, of Queens, said he...
October 23rd, 2013
Written by Ryan J. Foley - Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
On Tuesday, jury selection began for the first of possibly many trials against the State of Iowa. The trials are over claims that managers in the executive branch discriminated or retaliated against black state workers and job applicants.
The cases stem from a class-action lawsuit in which up to 6,000 blacks passed over for state jobs alleged a pattern of discrimination in state government hiring...
October 22nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
Two East Haven police officers were found guilty Monday of violating the civil rights of Hispanics, bringing to four the number of officers convicted in a case that has roiled the shoreline town for years.
David Cari and Dennis Spaulding were among four East Haven officers arrested by the FBI last year for allegedly harassing and abusing Hispanic immigrants. The other officers, Jason Zullo and...
October 16th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
The first-ever assessment of nationwide marijuana arrest data by race has found that racial profiling means blacks are almost 4 times on average more likely to be arrested than whites despite using pot at similar rates, according to a new report.
The American Civil Liberties Union report, "The War on Marijuana in Black and White: Billions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests," found pot...
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