Another Feels Good Story
FREEHOLD, N.J. — A jury has awarded $1.8 million to a former New Jersey police officer who claimed he was discriminated against because of his military service.
Kenneth Hagel filed suit in 2014, claiming Sea Girt Police Chief Kevin Davenport falsely believed he was gay and stymied his promotion to sergeant because he periodically was absent from his job for training and deployment with the U.S. Navy Reserves.
Jurors in Monmouth County found the chief had engaged in anti-military and false sexual orientation discrimination. The panel awarded the 50-year-old $262,800 in compensatory damages for lost salary and benefits, $500,000 in emotional distress damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
The chief told NJ.com he could not comment.
The town’s administrator also declined comment on the verdict.
The complaints are enumerated in the article at the link: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/31/jury-awards-navy-reservist-ex-cop-18m-in-discrimination-suit/
This gay/lesbian crap started back in the 1940s when men who were drafted but didn’t want to serve overseas either in Europe or the Pacific started the gossip that women who volunteered to release men to overseas deployments were lesbians and prostitutes. It has never stopped and probably never will until common decency returns to society. It is sadly lacking everywhere, has been for a while since the ease of posting noxious things online became the vogue, and still infests the military and civil authorities.
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Just fire the shitbird chief and let him sit out his life on a doilly decorated Davenport.
I could make due with $1.8M USD, but that’s before the ‘lawers’ get a bite. Anyway, good for the reservist/cop getting some payback.
The lawers always get to “wet their beak” first. Usually for about one third to forty percent of the recovery plus costs.
Gotta click the link and read what that chief did. I was not prepared for such blatant discrimination.
Good on the LTCDR getting him some payback. City Taxpayers gonna be on the hook for the payout. They need to fire that dumbass Police Chief, make him do the paying of the fines and give the job to Hagel.
One may think ‘LTCDR’ is how a Navy 04, a Lieutenant Commander should be abbreviated. Since we’re talking Navy, though, that is not correct. Naval Officers of that rank are abbreviated as ‘LCDR’ my nautically challenged friend. And no, I don’t know what happened to the leftover ‘T.’ Probably gave it to the Marines.
Isn’t the Navy always “giving it” to the Marines? (smirk)
ducksforcover
Is it cover or concealment? Let’s find out.
*grin*
It’s jokes like that which got this chief into trouble. 😉
Yup.
We took that leftover ‘T’, repainted it, put a new serial number on it, and it’s currently still serving with distinction out in an FMF unit somewhere after its 4th or 5th SLEP.
When things go bad in Chicago neighborhoods, the cops on the call include female CPD officers. Whatever difficulties there were in the initial addition of female cops to CPD, it has died away and it’s all about the job to them.
Judging by the pic of Davenport, that useless fucker never saw a donut he could pass up.
I’m still wondering why he even has a badge anymore.
Just the typical anti-military dickwad who gets a job far beyond his ability to carry out said job. With a whole lot of jealousy of better men and women than the chief is.
Fuck him, with a frozen pineapple, dipped in napalm, wrapped in razor wire and set aflame.
Inserted fronds first.
Good for the Squid !!!
Yet another reason to never go to the NE Corridor…
Fuck NJ and especially that cop !!!
Well I just got lucky. I have to do an article review based off of employment law for one of my law classes, and I think I will use this here article that you provided Ex-PH2. Thank you TAH and Ex-PH2!
You are quite welcome, CK!!
Davenport is nothing but a juvenile delinquent with a badge and a municipal paycheck. He clearly never outgrew his junior high school mentality.