$2.5 million jury verdict – African-American Chief of Police denied an independent lawyer at city’s expense to defend him on police related claims. Discrimination claim brought due to long standing history of white police and fire chiefs routinely receiving this important protection. Jury finds that the motivating factor behind the city’s decision was racial discrimination. Jury awards $2,000,000 against city and $500,000 punitive damages against city Attorney who denied the police chief’s requests.
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