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Columbia, MD
News
County Executive In Maryland Responds To White Power Flyers Distributed At Area Lake
Officials are addressing yet another bias incident as hate crimes sweep through Maryland, often sharing the same disturbing message: "white power". After "white power" flyers were found distributed around Lake Kittamaqundi, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball released a statement, claiming these crimes are "not an isolated occurrence". In recent days, we have become aware of a Hate Bias Incident that took place at Lake Kittamaqundi over the weekend. @HCPDNews is investigating the incident and has identified similar flyers in various states revealing that this is not an isolated occurren…
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Brookline Police Chief Placed On Leave Amid Alleged Policy Violations
Brookline's Police Chief Ashley Gonzalez has been placed on paid administrative leave for allegedly violating several policies, the Town said in a statement. “Last week, we were made aware of multiple allegations that Chief Gonzalez violated the Town’s Policy Against Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation," the statement read. “The Town has a strict zero-tolerance policy against discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation committed by or against its employees," the Town continued. "We are committed to supporting the investigation, which will determine the facts,…
Newark, NJ
News
Rutgers Women's Basketball Players Win Appeal In Discrimination Case
Four former Rutgers-Newark basketball players will have another shot at what they say is justice. A New Jersey appeals court reinstated claims of race, gender and sexual orientation discrimination brought by Jasmine Daniels, Jade Howard, Sarah Schwartz and Arianna Williams as part of an existing lawsuit, NJ Advance Media reports. Those claims have been tacked on to the suit involving Sharee Gordon and Adayshia McKinnon. A local court previously ruled that the women hadn't suffered discrimination from longtime Athletic Director Mark Griffin and interim women's basketball head coach Wil…
Paramus, NJ
News
'Camp Ramah' Director Mishandled NJ Teen's Sex Assault Case, Lawsuit Says
The director of popular Jewish sleep-away camp has been removed from the position after a scathing lawsuit accused him of trying to cover up a sex abuse claim made by a teen girl from New Jersey. Ethan Linden, who worked at Camp Ramah of the Berkshires, is accused of telling the 15-year-old girl in 2018 that he wouldn't tell anyone about how she woke up to a boy putting his fingers inside of her genitals, reads the suit, filed in Manhattan federal court. The girl apparently told her head counselor, who told camp officials. But after days without hearing back, she had a meeting with Linden a…
Edison, NJ
News
Transgender Customer Harassed By Edison Diner Manager: Report
A transgender customer days away from gender-affirming surgery said she was discriminated against by a diner manager who told her not to use the women's restroom again, NJ Advance Media reported. Jersey City's Erin Kinahan, 63, says the night manager at The Edison Diner harassed her after leaving the women's bathroom on Sunday, May 8, the outlet reports. Kinahan said she and her friends are regulars at the diner which is located near the Pride Center of New Jersey. Diner owner Evan Kalambakas told the outlet that while the manager's employment was not terminated over the alleged harass…
Edison, NJ
News
NJ Police Chief Accused Of Discriminating Against Gay, Foreign Officers In 2 Lawsuits: Report
A pair of patrol officers from Central Jersey are suing their police chief on allegations of discriminatory behavior over their sexual orientation and ethnicity — in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, NJ Advance Media reports. Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier has been accused of mocking one officer's Romanian accent and creating a bogus paper trail to fire him, and subjecting an openly-gay female lieutenant to "mistreatment" causing embarrassment, the suits detail. The lawsuits were filed by Officer Alan Barboiu and Lt. Constance Crea on Jan. 6 …
Jersey City, NJ
News
Exec Fired By NJ Company After Maternity Leave, Breastfeeding Request Gets $195,000 Settlement
A Hudson County company agreed to pay $195,000 to a former executive who was fired after taking maternity leave and seeking breastfeeding accommodations when she returned, state authorities said. The marketing director was on federal leave time when VCNY Home, a North Bergen-based manufacturer and importer of bedding, bath textiles and other home products, told her she couldn't take an additional 12 weeks allowed under state law to bond with and care for her newborn, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. VCNY contended that the time she was taking under the federal Fam…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Fort Lauderdale's First Openly Gay Police Chief With PA Ties Fired For Discrimination: Report
"Which one is blacker?" a native Pennsylvanian allegedly asked while handling promotions as an assistant chief of police in Florida, ABC News reports. Larry Scirotto, 48, was fired by City Manager Chris Lagerbloom last week after approximately six months on the job, according to the outlet citing a city of Fort Lauderdale news release. An investigation apparently showed he was bias in hiring whoever had the darkest skin tone. The firing comes after months of Scirotto — who is mixed-race — being complained about by his peers for hiring and promoting based on race as part of "an im…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Sports
Students Barred From HS Playoff Game After Racial Taunts Targeting Northern Westchester Player
The student section for a Hudson Valley high school playoff game will be quiet for an upcoming semifinal matchup after there were reportedly racist taunts lobbied at student-athletes. During the quarterfinal matchup between Dutchess County-based Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie and the Ossining High School girls basketball team, there were reports of alleged racist comments made toward players, prompting a swift response from education officials in the region. In response, Our Lady of Lourdes Athletic Director Bill Kyle issued an alert to the community advising that they wil…
Port Chester, NY
News
NY State Trooper Sues Cuomo, Top Aide Melissa DeRosa Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
A female New York State Police trooper is suing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his top aide, and her employer for alleged discrimination and retaliation in connection to the sexual harassment scandal that led to his ousting from office. The unnamed trooper who claimed that Cuomo groped her is suing the former governor, his longtime aide Melissa DeRosa, alleging that he “violated” her and that his top lieutenant helped cover it up. “Trooper 1” is seeking damages from the two and a declaratory judgment that they both “violated federal, state, and civil laws” in a lawsuit that was filed in the Eas…
Lakewood, NJ
News
Anti-Semite Refused Medical Care Because EMTs Were Jewish: Report (
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A video showing a Lakewood resident refusing to accept medical care because the volunteer first responders from Lakewood EMS were Jewish, Yeshiva World News reports. "She don't want to talk to you guys," the woman's husband is heard telling the EMTs. "No judio." "If she doesn't feel well you have to get medical help," an EMT can be heard saying. Paramedics were then called to help the women, but they also were Jewish, the outlet said. Eventually, the woman was treated and taken to an area hospital by the Jewish first responders — "but not before she threw a fit," YWN says. Earlier …
Rutherford, NJ
News
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text
BOMBSHELL: Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, the New York Giants, his former team and the Denver Broncos for what he contends is a "painful history of racism that continues through the present day." Flores was three days away from a final interview for the Giants' head coaching job when New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick mistakenly sent a text congratulating him, according to a class-action lawsuit he filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Belichick apparently thought he was texting Brian Daboll, the man whom th…
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