USDA official in settlement
Posted: Sep 16, 2015 7:24 AM EDT Updated: Sep 16, 2015 8:32 AM EDT
Posted by Lauren Parker
... Sherrod sued blogger Andrew Breitbart and his colleague Larry O'Connor in 2011, a year after Breitbart posted an edited video of Sherrod making the remarks. She sued for defamation and emotional distress after she was asked to resign from her post as a rural development official in Georgia, and the video ignited a racial firestorm.
The full video showed that Sherrod's words were an attempt at racial reconciliation, not racism.
The judge ordered the case halted on Tuesday "in light of the parties' representations that a settlement has been reached among all of the parties" and the agreement circulated for signatures ...
http://www.cbs46.com/story/30042675/usda-official-in-settlement-over-supposedly-racist-video
