US EditionMassachusetts State Police loses $6.8M judgment in lawsuit accusing it of discrimination
A jury found systemic bias in promotions against women and minorities in Massachusetts State Police, awarding $6.8 million to five troopers, including $4.1 million to lead plaintiff Butner.
- A Suffolk County jury found Massachusetts State Police systematically discriminated against female and minority troopers through its internal promotion practices, ordering the department to pay over $6.8 million in damages.
- The lawsuit was filed by five former and current state troopers, including people who were women, Black or Hispanic, who claimed they were not awarded specialized unit positions due to racial and gender bias.
- Former trooper Lisa Butner, a Black woman who said she was passed up for roles based on both her race and gender, was the lead plaintiff and will receive over $4.1 million as part of the verdict.
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Mass. State Police discriminated against female and minority troopers; ordered to pay $6.8M+
A Suffolk County jury ordered Massachusetts State Police to pay more than $6.8 million in a lawsuit that found the agency discriminated against troopers who are women or of color.
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Massachusetts State Police loses $6.8M judgment in lawsuit accusing it of discrimination
A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay more than $6.8 million after finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers.
Massachusetts State Police face $6.8 million verdict in long-running discrimination lawsuit
Boston, Mass. — A federal jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million to five current and former troopers who alleged the agency engaged in systemic discrimination against women and minority officers in promotions and specialty assignments. The verdict was returned Tuesday
A jury ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million after determining that it discriminated against minority women and officers. The verdict, confirmed on Tuesday by a secretary of the Suffolk High Court, came as part of a lawsuit accusing the agency’s management of allowing a discriminatory recruitment and promotion process that prevented the promotion of women and people of color. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, accused the managemen…
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