Firefighter served dog food gets $2.7M in suit - GoFuckYourself.com

directfiesta · 11-09-2006, 12:33 PM

.. fuck! why didn't that happen to me? ... lucky bastard

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L.A. man claims meal given to him by colleagues was racial discrimination

OS ANGELES - The city is paying $2.7 million to settle a lawsuit from a black firefighter who claims he suffered racial discrimination after co-workers served him spaghetti laced with dog food.

The City Council approved the award Wednesday, 11-1.

In his lawsuit, firefighter Tennie Pierce, 51, said after he took a bite of the meal two years ago, he noticed other firefighters laughing. He demanded to know what was in the food after a second bite but nobody answered.

Pierce said he suffered retaliation for reporting the incident and verbal slurs, insults and derogatory remarks, including taunting by firefighters ?barking like dogs (and) asking him how dog food tasted,? the lawsuit said.

David Wellman, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz hired by Pierce?s attorney, said the association of a black man and dog food ?resonates with the deep historical roots of slavery and the corresponding dehumanization.?

?It?s not just silly stuff. It?s racially motivated,? he said.

As part of the settlement, the two captains involved were given one month off without pay, and a firefighter was ordered off work for three days without pay.

?I truly hope that my case will make a difference for African-Americans in the Los Angeles Fire Department,? Pierce said in a statement.

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I eat shit all day for way less than that

wdsguy · 11-09-2006, 12:34 PM

Some black guys get all the luck.

squishypimp · 11-09-2006, 12:39 PM

ill eat dog food for 2.7mil

tony286 · 11-09-2006, 12:39 PM

what bullshit firefighters , cops they are always playing jokes on each other.

jacklaidlaw · 11-09-2006, 12:48 PM

Could only happen to a black guy

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