Promotion day arrives for white Connecticut firefighters

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — White Connecticut firefighters who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to side with them over black colleagues are getting badges recognizing the promotions they sought.

Fourteen firefighters who sued the city of New Haven are being promoted Thursday to lieutenant and captain.

They complained to courts when officials looked at 2003 test results, saw that no blacks did well enough to be promoted and threw out the results.

The high court ruled in June that officials violated the white firefighters' civil rights.


http://www.wfrv.com/news/national/story/Promotion-day-arrives-for-white-Connecticut/jqG8L3RsM0-Y8CvYcIJAsA.cspx

[ZombieHorde]

1. I wonder why the article does not mention the Hispanic firefighter who passed the test. nt

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

2. 20 sued only 14 were promoted, could be Lt. Vargas wasn't promoted.

[dustbunnie]

3. Yep, you're right. The other guys haven't been promoted yet but will be soon. n/t

[ZombieHorde]

4. Well, there it is. nt

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

5. Thx, I hadn't heard.

[paulsby]

6. good!

a victory for their union, for labor rights, and for equal treatment under the law.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. I'm sure many here will disagree.

Difficult case, very poorly handled by the city.

[paulsby]

8. some of the nuances were difficult

sotomayor's ridiculous terse rejection of the ff's appeal was atrocious, though.

there was some excellent analysis of the details over at scotusblog and volokh.com

as a firefighter or a cop, i simply want to be judged equally , regardless of race, creed, gender, etc.

the city of new haven discriminated in favor of one race over another.

that's wrong.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

9. I agree the discrimination was wrong.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. thx whoever recced it back to zero.