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Britton Hamilton is suing the New Orleans Police Department for discrimination.

Federal lawsuit filed against New Orleans, NOPD

“I was caught off guard when I saw that because I’ve been transitioning for over six years,” the Louisiana man told TV station WDSU. “My name is changed, my gender is changed, I’m married since 2018, legally everyone looks at — look at me, I’m a man.”

New Orleans Police Department denies discriminating against transgender recruit Britton Hamilton has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming its offer of a job was rescinded due to his gender identity. New Orleans Police Department car – Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, via Wikimedia. The city of New Orleans is denying allegations that the city’s police department discriminated against a recruit because he is transgender. City communications director Beau Tidwell said that the police department’s recruiting process is highly selective and regularly turns away about 98% of those wh...

Transgender NOPD police hopeful lodges discrimination complaint against department Transgender NOPD police hopeful lodges discrimination complaint against department By Amanda Roberts | May 18, 2021 at 10:00 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 10:19 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Coming from a family with deep law enforcement roots, Britton Hamilton wanted to be a force of change from within the force. “Helping my community the stigma that’s around police brutality against people of color I wanted to be a part of that change,” said Hamilton. He went through the rigorous application proces...