‘He Doomed Me’: Black Chief’s Push to Diversify Police Leadership Sparks White Backlash and $7.25M Verdict After Black Officer's Promotion Was Withdrawn

‘He Doomed Me’: Black Chief’s Push to Diversify Police Leadership Sparks White Backlash and $7.25M Verdict After Black Officer's Promotion Was Withdrawn

A career Black officer in the Alexandria Police Department passed over for promotion in favor of white colleagues was awarded a “shocking” $7.25 million in compensatory damages by a jury who upheld his allegations of racial discrimination against the city. The verdict appears to surpass the $300,000 statutory cap on compensatory damages in federal discrimination lawsuits and is now disputed by the parties, who U.S. District Court Judge Patricia …