Los Angeles will pay $50,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a police detective who lost his job after making racially charged comments in a training session. The city signed a settlement agreement Friday. But Frank Lyga won’t get his job back.
Ozzy Osbourne‘s acknowledged mistress has filed a lawsuit against the singer’s daughter, claiming she’s been “slut shamed, bullied and harassed” in the wake of comments made by Kelly Osbourne. Michele Pugh’s court action also fills in several details about a relationship she claims went on for three years with Ozzy. The issue with Kelly dates back to a series of tweets Ozzy’s daughter made …
Out activist DeRay Mckesson filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Baton Rouge for what he alleges was “excessive force” used by law enforcement during Mckesson’s July 9 arrest in Louisiana. Mckesson, a prominent organizer within the Movement for Black Lives who has been at the front lines of nationwide protests against police brutality, was one of the 200 activists …
A former University of Minnesota employee has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that she lost her job in the Office for Equity and Diversity for raising concerns about racial profiling on campus. Alysia Lajune of Woodbury says that she was forced out as a vice president’s assistant in 2014 after she criticized university officials for identifying suspects in campus crime alerts as black males. …
A federal appeals court has ruled that a 2011 discrimination lawsuit against Springfield-based Bass Pro Shops can proceed. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Texas by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2011, accuses the outdoor retailer of discriminating against black and Hispanic job applicants, The Springfield News-Leader reported .
A group of black Alabama legislators has joined a federal lawsuit alleging that racial bias fueled a state law blocking Birmingham from implementing a local minimum wage. An amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday says the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and several black state lawmakers have joined in the lawsuit against the state of Alabama, the city …
The family of a teenage football player in Idaho is suing the high school for $10 million after the boy was allegedly raped by his teammates, with the lawsuit claiming the horrific crime was racially motivated. On Oct. 23, three white students at Dietrich High School allegedly restrained their 18-year-old black teammate and put a coat hanger into his rectum, followed by one of the assailants …
A Texa girl, 12, was injured by rope around her neck during an overnight campout with her sixth-grade classmates. (Photo : Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A Texas mother filed a lawsuit against a private school after her black 12-year-old daughter came home from an overnight school outing with severe neck burn. She suspected that her daughter was a victim of a racially motivated bullying, however, …
Black troopers say they’ve faced retaliation after winning lawsuit against department struggling with diversity Buy Photo Michigan State Trooper Darzeil Hall assists at the scene of an accident on the Southfield Freeway in Detroit n April 2013. (Photo: Kathleen Galligan, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo In 2013, two black Michigan State Police troopers won a high-profile lawsuit against their …
A class-action lawsuit resurrected against the Pinellas County School Board for shortchanging the county’s black students appears to be stuck in limbo. 7 Months Ago Lawyers representing Concerned Organization for Quality Education for Black Students, or COQEBS, shared at a meeting this week that a hearing scheduled for last week was canceled and deemed unnecessary. A judge told both parties — …