Lawsuit Claims KCPD ‘Gang of 8′ Discriminates Against Whites
Sarah Clark, Fox Kansas City, December 16, 2011
A Kansas City, Mo., police patrolman claims he was demoted because his skin is white.
Patrolman Chad Rives filed a lawsuit on Dec. 5 and claims he was demoted out of the homicide unit where he was detective. The lawsuit lists three police department managers who are African-American. {snip}
The lawsuit claims a “Gang of 8″ was formed to protect and promote black officers. The lawsuit also goes into detail about Rives’ employment record, stating that as a homicide detective, Rives achieved a high homicide solve rate, didn’t have any disciplinary action against him and received positive evaluations. {snip}
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The suit claims the discrimination has caused him loss of sleep, anxiety and prevented him from competing on a level playing field with African-American employees.
