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This story is big in Los Angeles right now....basically a firefighter was awarded $2.7 million for racial discrimination by the city council, to be paid by tax payers. The thing is, it was a hazing incident and he had done hazing himself in the past. Now the mayor is vetoing the settlement.
I say RIGHT ON. It is not right that he was awarded that with evidence that he was involved in pranks also. Tax payers' money needs to be protected and spent wisely.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_324223219.html
Villaraigosa Vetoes Firefighter Settlement
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vetoed the City Council's $2.7 settlement with a black Los Angeles firefighter who said he suffered discrimination and harassment when colleagues played a prank by feeding him dog food.
Photos of firefighter Tennie Pierce playing pranks and hazing other firefighters while on duty have surfaced since the City Council approved the settlement two weeks ago, prompting Villaraigosa to call for reconsideration on the matter.
"Like most Angelenos, I find these images deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable," Villaraigosa said during a City Hall news conference. "Hazing is reckless, reprehensible and juvenile. Any conduct that demeans or that otherwise makes people feel unwelcome in the workplace will not be tolerated, period."
Villaraigosa also issued an executive directive declaring a "zero-tolerance" policy against hazing in all city departments, just one day before the Fire Commission is set to consider a new anti-harassment policy and disciplinary guidelines within the Fire Department.
"You call it hazing, you call it harassment, whatever you call it, it's going to stop," Villaraigosa said. "We're not going to tolerate that type of activity in the city of Los Angeles."
Pierce's attorney, Genie Harrison, said Villaraigosa's announcement "sends the wrong message," and noted that the photos of her client's questionable behavior appear to be more than 10 years old.
"It is astounding that the mayor would equate the Fire Department tradition of consented-to pranks with the vicious racial harassment of feeding the lone African-American firefighter at Fire Station 5 dog food in his spaghetti," Harrison said. "Even the LAFD itself did not view the incident the way the mayor does."
I say RIGHT ON. It is not right that he was awarded that with evidence that he was involved in pranks also. Tax payers' money needs to be protected and spent wisely.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_324223219.html
Villaraigosa Vetoes Firefighter Settlement
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vetoed the City Council's $2.7 settlement with a black Los Angeles firefighter who said he suffered discrimination and harassment when colleagues played a prank by feeding him dog food.
Photos of firefighter Tennie Pierce playing pranks and hazing other firefighters while on duty have surfaced since the City Council approved the settlement two weeks ago, prompting Villaraigosa to call for reconsideration on the matter.
"Like most Angelenos, I find these images deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable," Villaraigosa said during a City Hall news conference. "Hazing is reckless, reprehensible and juvenile. Any conduct that demeans or that otherwise makes people feel unwelcome in the workplace will not be tolerated, period."
Villaraigosa also issued an executive directive declaring a "zero-tolerance" policy against hazing in all city departments, just one day before the Fire Commission is set to consider a new anti-harassment policy and disciplinary guidelines within the Fire Department.
"You call it hazing, you call it harassment, whatever you call it, it's going to stop," Villaraigosa said. "We're not going to tolerate that type of activity in the city of Los Angeles."
Pierce's attorney, Genie Harrison, said Villaraigosa's announcement "sends the wrong message," and noted that the photos of her client's questionable behavior appear to be more than 10 years old.
"It is astounding that the mayor would equate the Fire Department tradition of consented-to pranks with the vicious racial harassment of feeding the lone African-American firefighter at Fire Station 5 dog food in his spaghetti," Harrison said. "Even the LAFD itself did not view the incident the way the mayor does."
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Both are discriminatory.
I would never consider suing a municipality or a city. When his house burns down because their is only one fire truck, because the city was sued for millions of dollars. Then I suppose he'll have to sue them again to buy a new one.