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Washington Cop Retaliation Nets $1.65 Million

Loaded on July 15, 2012

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation against Staff, Employee Litigation. Location: Washington.

On September 4, 2008, Vancouver, Washington officials agreed to pay a nationally decorated police officer $1,650,000 to settle racial discrimination and retaliation claims.

In 2000, Officer Navin Sharma of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and a federal suit. ...

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