Post by Logan on Jan 18, 2017 0:18:47 GMT -6
Secret Service agrees to pay $24M in decades-old race bias case brought by black agents
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service agreed Tuesday to pay $24 million to settle a two-decade-old case in which more than 100 black agents have alleged that the agency fostered a racist culture and routinely promoted white agents over more qualified African-Americans, according to documents filed in court and interviews with representatives of both sides.
As part of the deal, which is the result of a last-minute push in the waning days of President Barack Obama's administration, the agency admits to no wrongdoing or institutional bias.
But the payments to the agents - including lump sums as high as $300,000 each to the original eight plaintiffs - are intended to remedy the sting of the discrimination the agents claim they suffered and the job opportunities they lost, according to interviews with representatives from both sides.
Jennifer Klar, the lead attorney for the black agents, described her clients as thrilled with a result they hope will end future discrimination in the agency.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20170117/secret-service-agrees-to-pay-24m-in-decades-old-race-bias-case-brought-by-black-agents
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service agreed Tuesday to pay $24 million to settle a two-decade-old case in which more than 100 black agents have alleged that the agency fostered a racist culture and routinely promoted white agents over more qualified African-Americans, according to documents filed in court and interviews with representatives of both sides.
As part of the deal, which is the result of a last-minute push in the waning days of President Barack Obama's administration, the agency admits to no wrongdoing or institutional bias.
But the payments to the agents - including lump sums as high as $300,000 each to the original eight plaintiffs - are intended to remedy the sting of the discrimination the agents claim they suffered and the job opportunities they lost, according to interviews with representatives from both sides.
Jennifer Klar, the lead attorney for the black agents, described her clients as thrilled with a result they hope will end future discrimination in the agency.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20170117/secret-service-agrees-to-pay-24m-in-decades-old-race-bias-case-brought-by-black-agents