A federal lawsuit alleges a high-ranking white sheriff's deputy in Wyoming subjected a Black subordinate to years of racist name-calling and torment and finally “sham” discipline that led him to quit.
Wyoming s first black sheriff Aaron Appelhans
fired Sgt. Christian Handley, a white deputy who allegedly subjected a black colleague with n-word taunts for years that drove him to quit.
Wyoming’s first Black sheriff last year fired a white deputy who is accused of tormenting a Black subordinate for years with racist name-calling that led him to quit, a new federal lawsuit reveals.