SAN ANTONIO, TX — For the second time since late last month, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has proposed terminating a deputy behind a racially-charged post on Facebook. BCSO officials on Thursday confirmed a proposed termination was issued to Deputy Jack Farmer, who late last month wrote on the social media site that people should ‘lynch […]
PORTLAND, OR — A Portland firefighter who got drunk and unleashed racist slurs against a Black hotel clerk in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was attending work-related health training in August, was suspended without pay for six months by the fire chief and ordered to complete diversity training. Portland firefighter Nicholas Perkins, who has been with […]
SEATTLE, WA — Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best implored Seattle City Councilmembers Sunday to “stand up for what is right” after a group of protesters targeted her home late Saturday night. In a letter to the council that she also published on the department’s crime blog, Best said her home in Snohomish County was visited “by a large […]
REYNOLDSBURG, OH — The local FOP Capital City Lodge No. 9, which represents Reynoldsburg police among more than 4,000 law enforcement officers at agencies throughout Franklin County, met with Reynoldsburg city officials and worked out the details in an amicable discussion, according to the union. The City of Reynoldsburg and the union representing its police […]
EDINBURG, TX — A lawsuit filed against the city of Edinburg by one of the two police unions there will remain in federal court. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez issued the order Thursday, ruling that the lawsuit alleges a “substantial and disputed” First Amendment question, which is the federal court’s jurisdiction. The Edinburg United Police […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO — Lt. Keith Wildhaber requested to step down Friday as the head of the St. Louis County Police Department’s Diversity and Inclusion Unit, saying in a post on his Facebook page that he is the victim of systemic racism. “I battled St. Louis County for almost 4 1/2 years,” Wildhaber posted. […]
WILMINGTON, DE — Josie Harris Robinson and her husband are both front-line shift workers in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. She’s a nurse and her husband, Aaron Robinson, is a Wilmington firefighter. They both had to scramble, with just six days notice, to figure out a new way of life when a required shift […]
Protests in Portland, Oregon Social media screening services From our Q&A: Is there existing case law regarding an employee’s refusal to wear a protective mask on religious grounds? Cases: Public Records Law Prevails Over Purging Clause In Contract, City of Chicago v. Fraternal Order of Police, 2020 IL 124831 (7th Cir. 2020) Contracts And Memoranda […]
