A Black police officer in New Jersey who alleges she was disciplined after she wore her hair in a traditional African hairstyle has sued the township where she works and one of her superiors, alleging that she was discriminated against for wearing a natural hairstyle.
Officer Chian Weekes-Rivera filed a lawsuit against the township where she works and the police captain for violating the state's Law Against Discrimination.
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