Officer's Discrimination Suit Moving Forward

The Advocate reports that US District Judge James Brady concluded that there is sufficient evidence to allow Mark Martello's discrimination suit against the Baton Rouge Police Department to proceed. Martello alleges he was discriminated against because he was depressed and Judge Brady found that the record was void of any admissible evidence "regarding a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason" that Martello was fired from the department after he refused to accept a desk job instead of returning to the street.

Posted by AJR at July 15, 2004 10:05 AM