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A former Minneapolis police trainee who was fired two years ago has sued the department, saying he was singled out for harassment because of his age and Japanese heritage, with one of his coworkers openly questioning whether he intended to commit “hara-kiri,” or ritual suicide.
Andrew Arashiba, 50, who was dismissed from the force in October 2017, contends that he was routinely humiliated because he was much older than almost every other cadet, and faced retaliation after he reported the harassment to his superiors. In his lawsuit, he argues that he was fired for missteps that the department regularly overlooked when they involved female, Somali-American and African-American officers.