The Washington Afro
Civil Rights suit This Time Filed by a Black Firefighter
By AFRO Staff
(October 31, 2009) - A Black New Haven, Conn. firefighter has filed suit in federal court, claiming that his civil rights were violated by the way the city scored a 2003 promotion test.The suit, filed Oct. 29, is the second that New Haven has faced over that test, according to The New York Times. In 2003, the city had several vacancies for the ranks of captain and lieutenant and administered the exam, which included both oral and written portions, to 118 test-takers. But according to The Times, African-American firefighters at the time argued that they were underrepresented among the test’s highest scorers, and New Haven officials opted to disregard the test and issue no promotions.That decision led to a 2004 suit by a group of mostly White firefighters which claimed the city discriminated against their performance in refusing to make the promotions. The U.S. Supreme Court in June found in favor of the White firefighters, and the city said it would go forward with the promotions according to the results of the 2003 test.
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