Wyoming's first Black sheriff fired white deputy after years of alleged racism, lawsuit alleges
Wyoming’s first Black sheriff fired white deputy after years of alleged racism, lawsuit says. Pgiam/Getty Images A lawsuit alleges that Wyoming's
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Wyoming’s first Black sheriff fired white deputy after years of alleged racism, lawsuit says. Pgiam/Getty Images A lawsuit alleges that Wyoming's
Former ACSO Corporal Jamin Johnson alleges his then-supervisor Patrol Sergeant Christian Handley forced him out of his position and used racial slurs.
Aaron Appelhans, Wyoming's first Black sheriff, made the move last year. The suit, from a Black deputy who quit, details what it says were years of torment by the White one.
This week Corporal Derek Colling from the Albany County Sheriff's office resigned. Colling shot and killed Laramie resident Robbie Ramirez during a traffic stop in 2018. Ramirez was unarmed. Colling was hired after having been fired from the Las Vegas police department following an altercation with a photographer. He had also killed two people while working for that department and many objected when former Sheriff Dave O'Malley hired him.