Category: Civil Rights Law

Insights on Complex Legal Challenges

Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.

BlogNov 9, 2011

A Black Hotel Cook Alleges Further Retaliation When Another Employee Donned A White Cone Shaped Article On His Head Symbolizing the Ku Klux Klan

New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $35 million federal lawsuit that The Roger Smith...

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Abuse of State PowerNov 3, 2011

Black Employee Subjected to Makeshift Dummy ‘Hanging’ From A Beam

Islip officials are investigating a Halloween prank in which a town employee hung a masked dummy from a roof beam at a Central Islip...

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BlogOct 27, 2011

A Black Hotel Cook Sues Employer Midtown Hotel for $25 Million Dollars

Julius Jones says working at The Roger Smith Hotel in Midtown Manhattan is no picnic. Jones, who is African American, said that he started...

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Abuse of State PowerOct 27, 2011

Federal Judge Denies City’s Request to Delay Creating A New FDNY Firefighter Entrance Examination

A federal judge denied the city’s request for an extension to create a new Fire Department entrance exam that doesn’t discriminate against minority-group candidates....

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Abuse of State PowerOct 23, 2011

NYPD Auto Crime Unit Promotions Rare for Hispanics

Joseph Rivera alleges that Hispanic employees assigned to the Auto Crime Division of the Police Department City of New York aka NYPD were not...

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Abuse of State PowerOct 13, 2011

Is It Time For The Feds To Rein In The NYPD?

When it comes to proactive law enforcement, intelligence and counterterrorism operations, the New York City Police Department – the NYPD – is viewed by...

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Abuse of State PowerOct 10, 2011

NYPD cop sued for sexual harassment files SLAPP suit against accuser for $3M claiming defamation

After being accused of sexual harassment by my client Nelson Fernandez, Deputy Inspector Thomas Connolly files a SLAPP suit aka Strategic Lawsuit Against Public...

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BlogSep 26, 2011

Black employee slams ASPCA brush off after finding Hangman’s Noose’ in the workplace

Black employee slams ASPCA brush off after finding “Hangman’s Noose’ in the workplace. Read more Read more Read more Read more here: hempstead-police-official-im-being-forced-out ex-nypd-narcotics-detective-called-a-nappy-headed-ho-by-her-sergeant-will-get-130k-from-city...

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Abuse of State PowerSep 8, 2011

School for scandal

Medgar Evers College is a real-life animal house. The dean of freshman studies said yesterday she was the target of a sexual-harassment campaign. Dean...

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