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Ten Black Female D C Metro Police Officers Sue Department Claiming Discrimination
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being ignored, pushed aside, treated like second class citizens. and so, you know, what is it, all ten of them are lying? i hardly think so. we have 285 years of service to this community amongst them. so what they are either all lying, which is not true or what they are talking about doesn t matter, which, of course, is not true. or it does matter and you don t want to do anything about it. and it just remains to be seen what they choose to do about it. chief dickerson, you are still employed with the department. you are taking a risk filing this lawsuit. standing up with these other officers, is it worth this potential risk of losing your job? oh, absolutely. absolutely. i have considered all of the consequences for standing up. but it s standing up for rights, for what s right. for equality. why wouldn t i do that? i cannot worry about myself and watch other women suffer. like i said, i speak out about
decades of racial and sexual discrimination. a hostile workplace. and a culture of intimidation. they are seeking $100 million in damages and the complete overhaul of the department s personnel practices. so joining me now is officer kia mitchell. the assistant police chief chanel dickerson and pamela keith, the lead attorney in the lawsuit. i m so glad you re here. you are all very brave. thank you and good evening. assistant chief, i m going to start with you. i m so sorry that this happened to you. this lawsuit talks about a systemic pattern of bullying and retaliation within the department. can you tell me about how the incidents of sexual harassment and how it went down and what you experienced. well, thank you, don, for asking the question and also saying that you re sorry that this happened to me. most people start off with saying, well, if that happened to you, just believing.
want to do anything about it. and it just remains to be seen what they choose to do about it. chief dickerson, you are still employed with the department. you are taking a risk filing this lawsuit. standing up with these other officers, is it worth this potential risk of losing your job? oh, absolutely. absolutely. i have considered all of the consequences for standing up. but it s standing up for rights, for what s right. for equality. why wouldn t i do that? i cannot worry about myself and watch other women suffer. like i said, i speak out about the disparaging treatment and then i am denied opportunities to attend leadership programs. so it s happening to me. and i cannot stay silent because silence is complicity. yeah. well, listen, i have to say that i m so glad you came here with a bit of a technical problem so we won t get as much time as we had planned for it.
chanel dickerson and pamela keith, the lead attorney in the lawsuit. i m so glad you re here. you are all very brave. thank you and good evening. assistant chief, i m going to start with you. i m so sorry that this happened to you. this lawsuit talks about a systemic pattern of bullying and retaliation within the department. can you tell me about how the incidents of sexual harassment and how it went down and what you experienced. well, thank you, don, for asking the question and also saying that you re sorry that this happened to me. most people start off with saying, well, if that happened to you, just believing. so thank you just for believing us and believing me. my sexual harassment and discrimination started early on. i started at the police department when i was 17 years old as a police cadet. i was met by older men, officers, police officials in the department who asked me to engage in sex acts for things of value.
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