Black Cops Accuse Black Police Chief Of Discrimination After He Let White Officers Use The N-Word And Attack Them

Four African-American police officers claim they have experienced discrimination from their Chief, who is also African-American. Less than one week following Police Chief Ron Davis’ departure from his position last month to take on a higher profile one in D.C., the African-American police officers filed a racial discrimination complaint against him.

Via Black Blue Police:

The complaint was made on Nov. 1. It alleges Davis, who is African-American, is responsible for creating a hostile work environment for employees who are also African-American.

The officers behind the complaint are Sgt. Roderick Norris and Renaldo Rhodes, and Officers Paul Norris and Paul Hines. In it they state, ”His temperament toward African-American employees is abrasive, belittling and dismissive.” The officers said Davis showed his bias against African-Americans regularly; in his hiring, promotions and assignments.

Assistant city manager for human resources Barbara Powell along with City Council members was the first to receive the complaint.

According to Powell, the complaint is not to be discussed because it is considered to be a ”confidential personnel matter.” However, she also said that action will be taken.

“The city takes this very seriously, and the city will be following up on it,” said Powell.

Davis has been silent on the matter thus far. Officers Hines and Norris are both on leaves of absence, according to the receptionist at the police department.

The complaint is not empty of examples. The officers point to several in their three-page letter to Powell. They claim these examples directly show Davis’s racial discrimination. The examples, include African-American senior officers being constantly looked over for sergeant positions, there being not one African -American detective in the investigation unit, and from the dates of 2005 to 2013, only one African-American office has been added to the force.

To add insult to injury, Davis is also being accused of treating African-American women unfairly. Shortly after his arrival in 2005, the complaint alleges that Davis had the African-American secretary that he was assigned transferred to another city. Also, Davis allegedly hired two African-American women since his time as chief, but both are no longer with the department. One woman resigned and the other was transferred. Their reasoning, allegedly, has to do with the terrible treatment they received while working with Davis.

That’s not it.

The complaint also alleges that in 2011, Davis was informed by an African-American sergeant that another officer within the department had posted the “n-word” on his page. Davis reportedly ignored it. When the sergeant was then attacked by the officer and his friends, Davis still did nothing.

“The examples that have been cited are a minute glimpse into the ongoing suffering endured by African American employees since Chief Davis took over the department,” the complaint reads.

Duane Buck, An Inmate Death Row, Denied New Trial Despite Racist Doctor Deeming Him Dangerous Just “Because He’s Black”

A Texas man who is currently on death row after being convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her friend in 1997 has been denied the chance at a new trial despite proven evidence of racial bias during his original trial.

via Houston Press

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied Duane Buck’s appeal for a new sentencing, meaning an execution date can be set if the Harris County District Attorney’s Office chooses to seek an execution date.

Buck was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1997 for the murders of his ex-girlfriend, Debra Gardner, and the man who was with her, Kenneth Butler. He also shot his stepsister, Phyllis Taylor, but Taylor survived. The big question has never been on Buck’s guilt, but on why he was sentenced to death.

During his Harris County murder trial, a psychologist testified that Buck was more of a danger to society because he is African American. A few years after Buck was convicted, the psychologist, Walter Quijano, was cited by then-Texas Attorney General John Cornyn for giving racially influenced testimony to juries.

Cornyn, now a U.S. senator, identified seven cases that needed to be reviewed for sentencing and Buck’s was one of them. All of the other cases have been allowed new sentencing hearings, but Buck’s has been denied.

Barneys And Macy’s Reps No-Show At NY City Council Retail Discrimination Hearing

Barneys and Macy’s do not care about your little race-themed feelings. Despite facing harsh criticism for showing signs of racial-profiling in their loss prevention practices, both retailers completely blew off a hearing in NYC on Wednesday evening meant to tackle the issue head on. The stores were among 17 retailers previously accused of racially profiling customers, currently under investigation by the City of New York for their loss prevention practices. Neither store bothered to send reps or any requested documents for review.

From The Associated Press:

The City Council tackled the emotional issue on Wednesday at a hearing that included statements from Macy’s and Barneys New York denying allegations by customers that they had been singled out and followed.

City Council member Jumaane Williams calls the problem “staggering.”

The stores did not send representatives to the session in the City Council’s main chamber.

“I’m offended that Barneys New York and Macy’s is not here. I think it’s insulting, not just to the City Council, but to the City of New York and the people who shop there,” Williams said.

The NYC Commission on Human Rights has sent letters to 17 retailers — including Macy’s and Barneys — requesting the following information: loss prevention policies; procedures for approaching and detaining individuals suspected of theft; records regarding all individuals accused of theft in the past two years; and what, if any presence, NYPD officers have in the retail locations.

The stores are: Century 21, Loehmann’s, Sephora, Target, Bloomingdales, Bergdorf Goodman, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Sears, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, The Gap, CVS, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys, Macys, Bath & Body Works/Limited Brands/Victoria’s Secret.

Letters may be sent to additional businesses, but “we selected these locations based upon previous discrimination complaints against these stores, and the size and prominence of the stores,” said Patricia Gatling, the city’s human rights commissioner. “This is only the beginning of our investigation.”

If they refused to show up and explain themselves, they either truly aren’t concerned with the comfort of their Black customers, or they must REALLY have something to hide. All the rapper-collab merchandise in the world won’t cover up a culture of racism engrained in their stores’ policies. So what do you think? Will this attitude from these corporations effect where you spend your dollars this holiday season?

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