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MILWAUKEE -- Jurors are expected to start deliberating Monday in the trial of 17 white police officers who say they were not promoted because of their race.
The men are asking for $300,000 each because former Milwaukee Police Chief Art Jones (pictured, right) didn't promote them from lieutenant to captain positions. They said he promoted less-qualified women and minorities.
So far, the three-week-old federal trial has heard the plaintiffs testify about the shortcomings of colleagues who now outrank them.
The lawsuit names Jones, the city and the fire and police commission.
If the jury sides with the plaintiffs, a separate trial would be set to decide damages.
that's from http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4321131/detail.html for those that care.
this is, in a word, amazing. "i'm a white male in the us. life is hard. i'm suing." the thing this article doesn't say (that i heard on the news) is that not only are each of the 17 men seeking $300,000, but they all want to be promoted to captain. all of them. now. and the best part is, it got through the first stage of court shit. justice is served. not to say i'm a supporter of jones, but come on guys. whew.
MILWAUKEE -- Jurors are expected to start deliberating Monday in the trial of 17 white police officers who say they were not promoted because of their race.
The men are asking for $300,000 each because former Milwaukee Police Chief Art Jones (pictured, right) didn't promote them from lieutenant to captain positions. They said he promoted less-qualified women and minorities.
So far, the three-week-old federal trial has heard the plaintiffs testify about the shortcomings of colleagues who now outrank them.
The lawsuit names Jones, the city and the fire and police commission.
If the jury sides with the plaintiffs, a separate trial would be set to decide damages.
that's from http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4321131/detail.html for those that care.
this is, in a word, amazing. "i'm a white male in the us. life is hard. i'm suing." the thing this article doesn't say (that i heard on the news) is that not only are each of the 17 men seeking $300,000, but they all want to be promoted to captain. all of them. now. and the best part is, it got through the first stage of court shit. justice is served. not to say i'm a supporter of jones, but come on guys. whew.