Boston Pays $2.6M To Cops Who Claimed Racial Bias In Drug Hair Tests
The lawsuit claimed that the hair test discriminated against Black people because their hair is more susceptible to false positives.
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The lawsuit claimed that the hair test discriminated against Black people because their hair is more susceptible to false positives.
The city of Boston has paid $2.6 million to several Black police officers to settle a longstanding federal discrimination lawsuit.
The officers alleged that the tests were more likely to give false positives for Black people.
BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston has paid $2.6 million to several Black police officers to settle a longstanding federal discrimination lawsuit over a hair test used to identify drug use, lawyers for ...
The city of Boston paid $2.6 million to Black police officers over a federal discrimination lawsuit regarding a drug test.