Abigail Crouse Authors Article for Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)

"A white Milwaukee police officer, who was videotaped shoving and taunting an unarmed black arrestee, was unable to show that he was fired because of his race, according to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The officer argued that circumstantial evidence, including the fact that his firing followed media publicity and activism by a local Hispanic and black group, demonstrated that race was a motivating factor in his termination. The appeals court dismissed the officer’s Title VII claim, however, holding that the evidence did not demonstrate that the police chief, who is black, was motivated by race when he made the decision to fire the officer."

Abigail Crouse, a principal in Gray Plant Mooty's Employment Law practice group, authored an article "7th Circuit: Officer Fired After Controversial Arrest Loses Claim," which was published by the Society of Human Resource Management on November 23, 2007. To read the article in its entirety, please visit http://www.shrm.org/law/states/CMS_023708.asp. (NOTE: You must be a member to view this article.)