ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A jury rules in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage after two police detectives sued in 2010, accusing the police department of discriminating against minority officers
KTVA reports (https://bit.ly/1jpaSlI) a judge unsealed the verdict Tuesday. It came down April 1, but the judge was out of town.
Alvin Kennedy and Eliezer Feliciano claimed Kennedy was racially profiled by another officer while working undercover. It also claims that minority officers are disciplined differently than white officers.
Chief Mark Mew tells the Anchorage television station he feels vindicated by the verdict.
The jury didn’t decide a third count, which claims police fabricated a criminal case against the detectives in retaliation for the lawsuit.
The judge can either order a retrial on that count, or throw out all three and start over.
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Information from: KTVA-TV, https://www.ktva.com
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