Former Tacoma Police Department Chief of Staff Curtis Hairston claimed he faced racial discrimination within the agency and was wrongfully fired in October, and now he’s filing a lawsuit.
The suit was filed last week in Pierce County Superior Court, claiming the department’s hiring practices were racially biased.
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“Curtis Hairston came to Tacoma, Washington in 2022 to try to help address racial biases and inequities within the Tacoma Police Department,” the lawsuit read, according to the Tacoma News Tribune. “Unfortunately, over the next year and a half, Mr. Hairston would be yet another in a long
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