Category: Race Discrimination

Insights on Complex Legal Challenges

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

BlogFeb 20, 2011

Pratt janitor accused of stealing oil from Queens school finds himself in hot water once again

An ex-Department of Education custodian fired for taking barrels of heating oil from a Queens school has received a new demerit for harassing a...

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Abuse of State PowerDec 15, 2010

Debra Lawson v. The City of New York, et al. 10 cv 5238

Debra Lawson alleges that working as an undercover in the NYPD Organized Crime Control Bureau’s Firearm Suppression Unit her civil rights were violated and...

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BlogNov 15, 2010

Midtown hotel cook says co-worker pretended to be a Ku Klux Klan member in bizarre ‘joke’

Midtown hotel chef has resigned after a black employee accused him of donning a white pillowcase to pretend to be a Ku Klux Klansman....

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Abuse of State PowerNov 9, 2010

Lieutenant sent me sexually explicit text messages and possible photos of his genitals, cop asserts

Bronx prosecutors are investigating a cop’s accusations that a bad lieutenant sent her sexually explicit text messages and purportedly photos of his genitals. Officer...

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