Fired African-American police officer seeks $5M in damages

A small town in the shadow of a volcano in Washington state is simmering with racial tensions over a fired African-American's police officer's claims of discrimination. Gerry Pickens, 28, alleges he suffered racist jokes, different treatment from the entirely-white rest of the force and an undeserved dismissal at the end of his first-year probationary period with the Orting Police Department last year, The Washington Post reported .



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