The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Feb. 23 ruled against six African-American police officers who filed a racial discrimination suit against Lt. Robert Atcheson of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia.
The officers alleged that, between 2000 and 2003, Atcheson, their supervisor, insulted them “frequently and profanely, gave them unduly harsh performance evaluations, and denied them equipment, overtime, and promotions” because of their race, according to court documents.
The officers — Louie White, Wai Tat Chung, Robert Bush, Gregory Johnson, Joseph Gatling and Shakir Muslim — also claimed the department knew of Atcheson’s alleged violations and did not take disciplinary action.
Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph, writing for the panel, held that the officers did not “set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial,” and that the department’s conduct did not violate any contractual obligation between the officers and the city. In September, Randolph heard oral argument in the case with Senior Judge Harry Edwards and Judge Merrick Garland.
Judge James Robertson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also dismissed the officers’ claims in April 2006. Robertson provided no opinion.
The case originally included seven officers. However, officer Randy Squires was awarded $225,000 by Judge Robertson for similar claims in February 2008.
Donald Temple, the D.C. solo practitioner who argued on behalf of the officers, said they are unlikely to appeal the decision.
Every time a black does not get a job to which he/she is not prepared or qualified for is a case of discrimination.The firemen case in New Haven and multiple others all around the country shows that 99.9999% of these cases are nothing but tort and fishing to see what the black plaintiff can get monetarelly.It is ridiculous and all they do is clog the Courts for the really legal and just cases.It is no different for what is happening in the White House.Obama stopped all humanitarian aid to Honduras when the Congress and Supreme Court deposed their President for breaking the laws of the Constitution.Last week in Kenya,Obama's family country, there was a cout-de-etat.The military deposed the President illegally but Obama has done nothing.Hypocrecy at the utmost.That is what the White House is becoming known for.Oh,how I'm waiting for 2014 to kick this hypocrite man out of the White House.By the way I'm not a republican but a realist.Obama is a danger to the USa and its freedoms.Read his Health Care Bill,pure communism.
Posted by: Oscar in Miami Beach | February 24, 2010 at 07:09 PM