The settlement money will be split between four plaintiffs, three Black officers and a cadet, who were fired or faced discipline as a result of hair testing which disproportionately produced false positives for Black individuals.
Lawyers for several Black police officers say the city of Boston paid $2.6 million to them to settle a longstanding federal discrimination lawsuit. The city.
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