Long Beach settles lawsuit alleging black detective was passed over because of her race
Long Beach has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a lawsuit from a former police detective who alleged she was passed over for a coveted assignment in the homicide division because she is black and because she took time off to take care of a sick family member.
The detective, Jacqueline Burke, sued Long Beach in November 2016. In response, the city argued that Burke didn’t get the job because other applicants were more qualified. After almost two years of legal wrangling, the City Council approved a settlement Tuesday.
Burke’s lawsuit said the Long Beach Police Department has disproportionately few African-American employees, especially at high levels and in its homicide division.
“On one occasion, a city of Long Beach human resources employee told Burke, ‘You’re it; you’re going to be the one,’ implying that the department would only allow at most one token African-American female to rise to detective in homicide,” the lawsuit said. “This department human resources employee identified other African-American female officers and mentioned why they could not make it that far, including stating that one was ‘too militant.'”
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