Category: Race Discrimination

Insights on Complex Legal Challenges

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

Abuse of State PowerMay 6, 2012

Working Undercover Under Strain

Of the 120 or so undercover officers in the Organized Crime Control Bureau, which runs most of the department’s undercover operations, there is widespread...

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Abuse of State PowerApr 16, 2012

Three Black Detectives Accuse Unit of Treating Blacks Like ‘Animals’

Top supervisors of an elite NYPD anti-gun unit allegedly handled white suspects with kid gloves while treating blacks like “animals” deserving of a bullet...

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BlogApr 13, 2012

Former Black Warehouseman Says Working at D’Arrigo Bros. Was No ‘Bowl of Fruit’

New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a federal lawsuit that D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of New...

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Abuse of State PowerJan 12, 2012

NYC Parks Employee Arrested for ‘Hangman’s Noose’ Incident

The NYPD arrested New York City Parks Department employee Fariz Ahmemulic, 28, yesterday afternoon in connection with the December 20, 2011 ‘Hangman’s Noose‘ incident....

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Abuse of State PowerJan 6, 2012

Bronx Parks ‘Hangman’s Noose’ Victim Files $15 Million Dollar Notice to Sue

Anthony Crum says working at the New York City Parks Department is no walk in the park. The claim alleges that on December 20,...

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BlogNov 12, 2011

Black Midtown Hotel Cook: Two Co-Workers Dressed Like the Ku Klux Klan and Harassed Me

A black midtown hotel cook says two co-workers inside of a year have dressed like the Ku Klux Klan and harassed him. Julius Jones...

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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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