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Jury awards $11.4 million to Black couple in racial discrimination case

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Sep 14, 2019
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A jury in Michigan awarded a Black couple $11.4 million after they filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation inside of a Corrections Department facility where they both worked.

The Genessee County jury found that Lisa Griffey, a Black probation officer who worked for the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer, Michigan was subjected t…

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