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Police board chairman resigns after gay sergeant's $20m discrimination victory
Earlier LBN thread: Police officer told to "tone down" his "gayness" awarded $19 million in discrimination lawsuit
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Source: Associated Press
Police board chairman resigns after gay sergeant's $20m discrimination victory
Associated Press
Wed 30 Oct 2019 17.11 GMT
The chairman of a St Louis county police board has resigned and another board member said she is being replaced after a jury found that a sergeant was discriminated against because he is gay and recommended that he be awarded nearly $20m.
The county executive, Sam Page, said on Monday in a letter announcing board chairman Roland Corvington’s resignation that the county had “not always done a good job” of addressing the unique challenges in the workplace for women, people of color and LGBT people.
Board member Laurie Westfall said Page also told her she was being replaced, the St Louis Post Dispatch reported.
The departures come days after a jury ruled in favor of Sgt Keith Wildhaber in his discrimination lawsuit.
He testified that a former St Louis county police board of commissioners member, John Saracino, told him in 2014 that he would need to “tone down his gayness” to secure a promotion to lieutenant. Saracino has denied that he made the comment.
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Associated Press
Wed 30 Oct 2019 17.11 GMT
The chairman of a St Louis county police board has resigned and another board member said she is being replaced after a jury found that a sergeant was discriminated against because he is gay and recommended that he be awarded nearly $20m.
The county executive, Sam Page, said on Monday in a letter announcing board chairman Roland Corvington’s resignation that the county had “not always done a good job” of addressing the unique challenges in the workplace for women, people of color and LGBT people.
Board member Laurie Westfall said Page also told her she was being replaced, the St Louis Post Dispatch reported.
The departures come days after a jury ruled in favor of Sgt Keith Wildhaber in his discrimination lawsuit.
He testified that a former St Louis county police board of commissioners member, John Saracino, told him in 2014 that he would need to “tone down his gayness” to secure a promotion to lieutenant. Saracino has denied that he made the comment.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/30/gay-police-discrimination-board-chairman-resigns-keith-wildhaber
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Related: Police board member resigns after sergeant wins $20M verdict (St Louis Post Dispatch)