{"id":27442,"date":"2016-10-19T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27442"},"modified":"2016-10-19T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:37:44","slug":"feds-to-intervene-in-racially-hostile-work-environment-lawsuit-filed-by-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27442","title":{"rendered":"Feds to Intervene in Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed by Cop Against Sheriff&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MARYLAND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Department-of-Justice-Loo.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Justice Loo\" width=\"297\" height=\"168\" \/>The Department of Justice said Wednesday that it will move to intervene in a private lawsuit filed by a cop who is alleging he was subjected to racial epithets as well as racial harassment, humiliation and intimidation by his co-workers and supervisors at the sheriff&#8217;s department, according to federal officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The lawsuit names Pocomoke City, Maryland, the Worcester County Sheriff and the state of Maryland as defendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Federal law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Pocomoke City Police Officer Franklin Savag<\/strong>e&#8217;s complaints about racial harassment allegedly resulted in a series of retaliatory actions against him by the Worcester County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Pocomoke City, concluding with the termination of his employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The complaint further alleges that Pocomoke City similarly retaliated against two other officers \u2013 former Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell and former Pocomoke City Police Lieutenant Lynell Green \u2013 for supporting Officer Savage in the course of his complaints.\u00a0 Chief Sewell was eventually terminated as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The complaint seeks a court order that requires the defendants to implement policies and procedures that will ensure a workplace environment free of discrimination and retaliatory conduct. \u00a0Federal prosecutors also seeks relief, including monetary relief for the three charging parties as compensation for damages caused by the alleged discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFederal law protects against discrimination and retaliation in the workplace,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adding, \u201cin police departments, that protection is vital not only for individual officials, but also for the communities they serve.\u00a0 The Justice Department is firmly committed to ensuring that our nation\u2019s state and local law enforcement agencies comply with Title VII\u2019s promise of a workplace free from racial discrimination and retaliation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officer Savage, Chief Sewell and Lieutenant Green each filed charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.\u00a0 The EEOC\u2019s Baltimore Office investigated the charges and made reasonable cause findings.\u00a0 After unsuccessful conciliation efforts, the EEOC referred the charges to the Justice Department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNo one should have to face harassment and retaliation while at work,\u201d said EEOC Chair Jenny R. Yang. \u00a0\u201cWhen public employees face discrimination, it undermines the trust and credibility in our public institutions.\u00a0 This case represents the latest partnership between EEOC and the Department of Justice to advance our shared Title VII enforcement responsibilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This lawsuit was brought as a result of a joint collaborative effort by the EEOC and the Civil Rights Division to vigorously enforce Title VII.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cEEOC is committed to ensuring the employees who serve the public in critical law enforcement positions are protected by the laws forbidding unlawful harassment and retaliation in the workplace,\u201d said Director Spencer H. Lewis Jr. of EEOC\u2019s Philadelphia District Office, which includes the Baltimore Field Office.\u00a0 \u201cI am pleased that EEOC and the Department of Justice have established a collaborative relationship that will impact public employers and work together to redress violations of the law when they occur.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To read Pocomoke City Motion to Intervene click here:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/file\/904076\/download\"> federal papers<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Washington Post reported in January that three black police officers filed a lawsuit \u00a0in federal court against Pocomoke City, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23527 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-300x217.png\" alt=\"washingtonpost\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-278x202.png 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Md., and its police department, alleging that they were subjected to serious racial discrimination by town and county officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The lawsuit, which also names as defendants the city\u2019s former manager, its mayor, the Worcester County sheriff\u2019s office, the state\u2019s attorney\u2019s office and the Maryland State Police, comes seven months after the contentious firing of Pocomoke City\u2019s first black police chief, Kelvin Sewell. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He alleged that he was ousted because he refused to fire\u00a0two black officers who complained about working in a racially hostile environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The lawsuit claims Sewell, Lt. Lynell Green and detective Franklin Savage \u201cwere mocked, threatened, demeaned, demoted, punished, falsely accused of misconduct, ostracized and humiliated because of their race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ernie Crofoot,\u00a0Pocomoke City manager and city attorney, said he hadn\u2019t seen the lawsuit.\u00a0\u201cWe haven\u2019t received it yet,\u201d he said, \u201cso we have no comment.\u201d City and county officials have previously denied the allegations of racial discrimination, according to the newspaper story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To read the entire story click here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/local\/wp\/2016\/01\/21\/three-black-officers-file-suit-against-pocomoke-city-md-alleging-racial-discrimination\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27446\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27446 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"former-detective-franklin-savage\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Former-Detective-Franklin-Savage.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franklin Savage (Photo Washington Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Last year, Savage, who had been a Pocomoke City police officer since 2011, told the Washington Post that he was fired after he complained that the state\u2019s attorney repeatedly used \u201cthe n-word\u201d during a meeting last year about a case that he was prosecuting.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything but tell the truth. I\u2019m being punished for telling the truth,\u201d said Savage, who said he was told Oct.\u00a026 that he was being fired because his \u201cintegrity\u201d had been called into question. \u201cThe city manager was like, \u2018If you can\u2019t testify in court, you can\u2019t be a police officer. I believe my integrity was called into question because I filed an [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] complaint against the state\u2019s attorney.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To read that article click here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/black-officer-in-pocomoke-city-md-says-n-word-complaint-led-to-firing\/2015\/11\/04\/b320a43a-831a-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html\">Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"fanGnP15k3mYZp\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-3 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-page-newsletter-inLine\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"page\/newsletter-inLine\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"fanGnP15k3mYZp\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-3 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-page-newsletter-inLine\" style=\"text-align: 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