Former Tacoma Police Chief of Staff suing department over alleged racial discrimination

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Tacoma Police Department Chief of Staff Curtis Hairston is filing a lawsuit after claiming he faced racial discrimination within the agency.

Former Tacoma Police Department Chief of Staff Curtis Hairston claimed he faced racial discrimination within the agency and was wrongfully fired in October, and now he’s filing a lawsuit.

In addition to the department’s hiring practices being allegedly biased and discriminatory toward Black applicants, the lawsuit also claimed discipline was handed down unevenly between Black and non-Black employees in the department. It also made mention that Tacoma Police’s program regarding racial bias and violence in policing was significantly stripped down.

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