‘Sad Reminder’ of ‘Inherent Biases’: California Black K-9 Officer Fired After Complaining About Police Chief’s Alleged KKK-Inspired License Plate Is Suing the City for Retaliation

‘Sad Reminder’ of ‘Inherent Biases’: California Black K-9 Officer Fired After Complaining About Police Chief’s Alleged KKK-Inspired License Plate Is Suing the City for Retaliation

A former Black police K-9 officer for Inglewood, California, is suing the city for discrimination and retaliation, claiming he was fired after calling out the police chief for displays of racism evoking the Ku Klux Klan and for unfair treatment as he recovered from a gunshot injury. Marcco Ware had worked for the Inglewood Police Department for 15 years when he was sidelined in March 2022 by an on-duty injury — two gunshot wounds. At that time h…