Police officers file employer discrimination suit

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press
Posted: 03/02/2011 10:41:27 AM PST
Updated: 03/02/2011 03:41:35 PM PST

WESTMINSTER, Calif.—Three Latino police officers have sued their Southern California employer, alleging they have been passed over for promotions because of their ethnicity.
The officers for the Westminster Police Department say they have been turned down for special assignments including detective work in narcotics and gangs even though they have received honors, awards and good performance reviews.
The officers started to suspect they were being discriminated against when they realized all three of them were being passed over despite their exemplary records, said Victor Viramontes, who is the plaintiffs' attorney and national senior counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.


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