D.C. Officers Awarded $900K In Retaliation Suit

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury has awarded five black city officers $900,000 after concluding that department officials retaliated against them for filing racial discrimination complaints.

The U.S. District Court jury made the determination earlier this month.

After the officers filed a racial discrimination complaint in an anonymous letter in June 2006, court documents state superiors figured out who was responsible for the letter. The officers' attorneys say the officers were then denied information that they needed to perform their jobs.

Court documents state that in the month after the officers filed official complaints with the D.C. Office of Human Rights and the federal government, they were transferred to lesser positions.
A spokeswoman says the police department plans to appeal.

Information from: The Washington Examiner, http://www.examiner.com