Posted on 12/07/2010 8:03:39 PM PST by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCO -- A former San Francisco police lieutenant who weathered numerous allegations during his career, including that he loitered around prostitution hot spots, has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the city.
Jerry Lankford, 54, claims he was forced to retire after being wrongly accused of being unprofessional when he rapped his badge against a Starbucks window while the coffee store was closed.
The 30-year department veteran said he was unfairly placed on unpaid administrative leave in February and had no choice but to retire after being accused of "conduct unbecoming an officer" at the Starbucks in the West Portal neighborhood.
While on his way to work, Lankford, dressed in street clothes and a hoodie, began knocking on the door of the closed store, sources have said. When the clerk ignored him, Lankford allegedly pulled out his badge and began rapping it against the glass.
Lankford left but then returned in uniform and angrily accused store employees of refusing to serve him earlier because he is black, . . .
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This happen to me too at a burger joint (Jack ‘N the Box). They were supposed to open at 6 am and I pulled up at the drive through at 6:05 to order a Sourdough Breakfast Sandwich. I waited and waited to put my order over the Jack speaker but to no avail. I finally pulled up to the drive through window and saw the employees inside moving around but they ignored me. After 10 minutes I left. I am white, they were Mexican. I say racism
Boy, he has quite some record. Affirmative action at work, non-stop.
Bad Lieutenant.
Harvey should do a remake.
White people are NOT allowed to say racism!
Hey, it’s pretty clear this was SEXISM. The man likes girls, this is San Francisco, he’s lucky the mayor and city council didn’t drag him over to a bath-house for a major beat down.
Forgive me. I forgot!
I think another preposition would be apt.
I force out an SFPD lieutenant every morning.
30yrs?Isn’t it retirement time anyway?He’ll go out with at least $90,000.pension.
I say you were smart in leaving. You almost had a hot phlegm sandwich.
You’re right and thanks for putting a period at the end of my sentence.
Starbucks is under no obligation to open a closed store just because some cop(or anyone else) wants a cup of coffee. In fact if the manager had opened the closed store and the cop turned out to be a robber, the manager would have been fired for stupidity.
That cop just wanted his donut!
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