Five New York F.B.I. Agents File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
October 1, 2002
Claiming they were the victims of racial slurs and biased supervisors, five New York field agents filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.). The minority employees, Wilfred Baptiste, Kendall Hobson, Nathan Tucker, Paul Sutherland and Carlos Tucker, filed the suit in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia after the F.B.I.'s administrative complaint division allegedly failed to properly investigate the agents' grievances.
According to the suit, the men's pictures were posted on their office's "wall of shame," a bulletin board of gang members and other fugitives, with the word "whiners" written under them. The agents also claim their immediate supervisor intentionally assigned them work meant for junior agents and denied them cash awards and commendations that may have helped them obtain promotions.
The F.B.I. has faced several discrimination suits in the last ten years. In a 2000 settlement, the Bureau promised to make procedural changes by 2003.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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