Sunday, January 13, 2013

Birmingham accountant slaps city with federal lawsuit claiming pattern of racial discrimination toward whites

Via Billy



The Birmingham city accountant fired twice on allegations of racism and incompetence today slapped the city with a federal lawsuit saying it was Mayor William Bell's administration that was the true perpetrator of racial discrimination. 

Virginia Spidle's federal lawsuit alleges that the city has a pattern of discrimination and retaliation against white employees.

Much of the 49-page lawsuit recounts the testimony heard in days of hearings at the Jefferson County Personnel Board, where Spidle was ultimately cleared of her initial firing charge. 

"We are celebrating 50 years of progress in civil rights. In the year we are celebrating that, good people of Birmingham would not approve of mistreating a person because of their race,"  Spidle's lawyer, Gayle Gear told al.com/The Birmingham News in an interview. "The foot soldiers - those who have worked diligently on behalf of race relations for this city - what happened in 2010, 2011 and 2012 is not a step forward in race relations. It is a step backwards. And that is why the lawsuit had to be filed." 

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4 comments:

  1. The Just-us system of Amerika will throw it out.

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  2. Ah, still more fun and frivolity from the city I call home....

    I'd say this is a frivolous lawsuit, except it almost certainly isn't. And, who knows? We've got a few judges around these parts just cantankerous enough to not only hear it, but to see that it gets a reasonably fair trial.

    It's not like Big Al Sharpton doesn't already come down and protest us on a regular basis. I think he likes us. It's probably the food; there's some FINE eating to be had around Birmingham!

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    1. there's some FINE eating to be had around Birmingham!

      I bet.

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