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Lawsuit: 1st Wyoming black sheriff fires deputy for racism
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Posted on 01/26/2022 10:34:42 AM PST by Olog-hai

Wyoming’s first (b)lack sheriff last year fired a white deputy who is accused of tormenting a (b)lack subordinate for years with racist name-calling that led him to quit, a new federal lawsuit reveals.

Albany County Patrol Sgt. Christian Handley once drove past and yelled a profanity and the N-word at Cpl. Jamin Johnson while Johnson and his wife and children were walking out of their home, according to one example of racism alleged in the discrimination lawsuit filed last week.

“Mr. Handley later apologized for having not realized that Mr. Johnson’s family was present, as if his vile racism was otherwise acceptable,” the lawsuit says.

Johnson is suing Handley, seeking a jury trial if necessary and damages for the years of racism that he says led up to his decision to quit in 2017. […]

The racism allegations come after Sheriff Aaron Appelhans’ appointment as Wyoming’s first (b)lack sheriff in the wake of an outcry in Laramie over a deputy’s 2018 shooting of an unarmed man who had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. […]

The alleged racism against Johnson happened more than three years before Appelhans took office in late 2020, and Appelhans said Monday he wasn’t aware of it until shortly after starting the job. He said he has made changes in the past year to ensure that all policies are followed, to move internal investigations out of the sheriff’s office to the county human resources office, and to personally sign off on all hires, promotions and dismissals. …

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1 posted on 01/26/2022 10:34:42 AM PST by Olog-hai
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That’s what I get for not entering things in order, sorry.

https://apnews.com/article/business-lawsuits-discrimination-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-9c06e8c0a1ddfbbdf4b7454efa6aa344


2 posted on 01/26/2022 10:36:37 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m making no judgement about the merits of the lawsuit but I will say that “Patrol Sgt. Christian Handley” was too stupid to be allowed a badge anyway.


3 posted on 01/26/2022 10:37:49 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: Olog-hai

Having HR investigate the police isn’t going to turn out as well as this Sheriff seems to think it will. They will have the entire force tied and gagged in short order. HR people are all trained wokesters.


4 posted on 01/26/2022 10:38:36 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Gwarden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Olog-hai

5 posted on 01/26/2022 10:40:31 AM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Olog-hai

The guy was an absolute disaster, but he’s suing. Typical.


6 posted on 01/26/2022 10:42:35 AM PST by Trillian
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To: Artemis Webb
Your sentence contradicts itself. You say you make no judgements, but then you say the alleged "racist" was too stupid to have a badge anyway.

Sure sounds like judgement to me, and based solely upon an article, as far as I can tell, in which you have no clue if it is accurate or perhaps agenda driven.

Just saying. You can't cover both sides of the coin in your attempt to project impartiality.

7 posted on 01/26/2022 10:46:40 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Olog-hai

sticks and stones may hurt my bones but words will never hurt.... oh wait a minute, he said something mean - lock him up for 30 years.


8 posted on 01/26/2022 10:47:39 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Olog-hai

Throwing the “N” word around when your boss is black: Not very smart.
Not sure I’d want somebody that dumb carrying a gun around anywhere.


9 posted on 01/26/2022 10:48:26 AM PST by Mr. Rabbit
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To: nesnah

They couldn’t make that movie today........................


10 posted on 01/26/2022 10:48:42 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Seruzawa

> HR people are all trained wokesters. <

To which I’d add that HR always feels the need to take action. They’ll find something there even when there’s nothing there.


11 posted on 01/26/2022 10:48:47 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Mr. Rabbit

“The alleged racism against Johnson happened more than three years before Appelhans took office in late 2020,”


12 posted on 01/26/2022 10:51:30 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Not at all. I said the deputy was stupid. Now is “stupid” reason enough to lose a civil suit? I have no idea.


13 posted on 01/26/2022 10:54:55 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: Olog-hai

Good for the Sheriff....and Johnson.


14 posted on 01/26/2022 10:56:49 AM PST by moovova
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To: moovova

Good for the Sheriff....and Johnson.


Howard Johnson : Y’know, Nietzsche says: “Out of chaos comes order.”


15 posted on 01/26/2022 11:00:41 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Olog-hai

Is it racism or the purging of conservatives?

Pretty thin-skinned for a Sheriff, either way.


16 posted on 01/26/2022 11:00:44 AM PST by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Olog-hai

There has to be a lawsuit in order to make sure it gets on the national news.


17 posted on 01/26/2022 11:01:40 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Autonomous User

“Blow it out your a$$, Howard.”


18 posted on 01/26/2022 11:03:12 AM PST by decal (MOLON JABE)
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To: nuconvert
“The alleged racism against Johnson happened more than three years before Appelhans took office in late 2020,”

I agree. That's the most telling part of the entire narrative.

19 posted on 01/26/2022 11:04:32 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: decal

“Blow it out your a$$, Howard.”


Classic Mel Brooks! :) :)


20 posted on 01/26/2022 11:15:23 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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