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 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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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 PowerJun 30, 2011

Hempstead Police Official: I’m being forced to quit

Willie R. Dixon, until recently the second-in-command of Hempstead Village’s police department, plans to retire on July 22 — the result, he says, of...

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Abuse of State PowerJun 25, 2011

NYPD Cop Sues Department for $175 Million Dollars

An NYPD officer claims in a lawsuit that he may be forced to retire due to a hand injury he sustained during a brutal...

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Abuse of State PowerJun 6, 2011

NYPD Sergeant Alleges Male on Male Sexual Harassment

A NYPD sergeant has filed a complaint that claims he’s being sexually harassed by his male boss. Sgt. Nelson Fernandez, a nine-year NYPD veteran,...

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Abuse of State PowerApr 2, 2011

NYPD Officer Sues Counterterrorism Chief Alleging Sexual Harassment

A married NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau chief carried on multiple affairs with female subordinates at a Queens precinct while sexually terrorizing a female cop who...

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Abuse of State PowerFeb 23, 2011

Retired NYPD Narcotics Detective called a ‘Nappy-Headed Ho’ Settles Lawsuit Against the City for $130K

A former NYPD narcotics detective called a “nappy-headed ho” by her sergeant will receive $130,000 from the city to settle her federal suit. The...

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Abuse of State PowerFeb 21, 2011

School ‘cop’ sex shocker Safety agents: It was hop-in-sack or get sacked

Hormones are raging among the NYPD’S school safety agents. The Police Department’s School Safety Division is a raunchy, sexually charged environment where some female...

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