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" Black Police Discrimination Complaint Gives Capitol Hill ' Black Eye' "
--- Use of KKK, ' N-word' reveals level of American racism, Black officers charge.
[ By; NNPA Washington Correspondent Hazel Trice Edney , The Washington Afro-American;
April 28, 2001 -- May 4, 2001; page A2 ].
EXCERPTED:
" In what is being called a 'black eye for Capitol Hill ' and a symptom of the level of racism in America, more than 200 members of the U. S. Capitol Black Police Association have filed a multi-million dollar class-action complaint against the police force and prominent members of the U. S. Congress, claiming rabid race and sex discrimination.
' This is a black eye for capitol Hill ', famed attorney Charles Jerome Ware , the Columbia, Maryland lawyer representing the 200-plus member group of Black officers, told NNPA... *****
The 50-page comprehensive complaint documents 15 race and gender-related charges and outlines outrageous incidents on the police force, which, according to the complaint, is 70 percent White male... *****
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