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He claims leaders and officers in the mountain town of Leadville worked to force him from his job after an independent investigator cleared him of wrongdoing

The Black former police chief of a small Colorado town says he was the victim of racial discrimination and fired after officers and city leaders worked to force him out even though he was cleared of wrongdoing by an independent investigator, according to a federal lawsuit.

Hal Edwards, who sued the city of Leadville, 75 miles southwest of Denver, in U.S. District Court in Denver on April 30, says in the lawsuit that City Administrator Laurie Simonson undermined his decision-making and leadership during his 18 months in the job because he is Black.

“If you talk to any African American person who is in a position of authority over a white work group, our integrity is questioned, our competence is questioned, and we are often undermined by subordinates,” Edwards said in an interview.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Black former police chief of a small Colorado town

I hope he gave incredibly silly lectures to everyone.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haha, beat me to it. I was gonna look for a gif of some quote from his character about calling himself “Big Black” or something.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thinking on it... Sheriff Mike wouldn't file a racial discrimination lawsuit. He'd file a lawsuit that they discriminated against him for being too smart and too good looking.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

He’d be right, too.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Definitely my favorite character on the show.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I want a spinoff where he just sits in front of a microphone and talks like a bad YouTube video. I would watch the shit out of that.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It worked in blazing saddles.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago

Have you gone berserk? Can't you see that man is a ni...

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Hey everyone, I have a tiny violin ready to go.

Does anyone have a good cheese to pair with this cop's whine?

[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Both sides of this conflict are cops, let them waste time fighting each other

[–] antidote101@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Sounds like if would be a good indie film if the right tensions were played right.

[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 3 points 5 months ago

Qualified immunity in 3..2..1