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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That’s what I get for not entering things in order, sorry.
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.
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.
The guy was an absolute disaster, but he’s suing. Typical.
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.
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.
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.
They couldn’t make that movie today........................
> 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.
“The alleged racism against Johnson happened more than three years before Appelhans took office in late 2020,”
Not at all. I said the deputy was stupid. Now is “stupid” reason enough to lose a civil suit? I have no idea.
Good for the Sheriff....and Johnson.
Good for the Sheriff....and Johnson.
Howard Johnson : Y’know, Nietzsche says: “Out of chaos comes order.”
Is it racism or the purging of conservatives?
Pretty thin-skinned for a Sheriff, either way.
There has to be a lawsuit in order to make sure it gets on the national news.
“Blow it out your a$$, Howard.”
I agree. That's the most telling part of the entire narrative.
“Blow it out your a$$, Howard.”
Classic Mel Brooks! :) :)
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