Two black Louisville Metro Police officers have filed a lawsuit alleging they faced discrimination, a hostile work environment and disparate punishment based on their race and faith, according to a released report.
The lawsuit was filed March 11 in Jefferson Circuit Court by Andre Shaw and Jay Moss, the Courier-Journal reported Friday. The newspaper cited multiple instances in which police officers were treated or disciplined in ways it said were unfair.
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A police spokesperson told the newspaper the department does not comment on pending litigation.
A Louisville Metro Police vehicle seen in Louisville, Kentucky on May 30, 2014. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Among the charges: a policy investigation violation in which a supervisor was found to have been “deliberately deceptive” when asking about a co-worker’s whereabouts.The pair were suspended and permanently reassigned to patrol downtown. It was said that it had become. The complaint says the punishment is inconsistent with other policy violations of the same magnitude.
In another case cited in the lawsuit, Shaw said a minority recruit told him that training school personnel were making “blatantly racist comments,” and that “LMPD command told him, He said he raised the issue and was told, “We are asking him to shut up and dribble.” ”
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Shaw also claimed that he faced retaliation from the department after his Islamic artwork and quotations were questioned, in part because he filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year alleging discriminatory practices. .
