SAN FRANCISCO — Twelve white male San Francisco police officers are suing the city, arguing they were passed over for promotions because of their race and gender. Mullanax said that in 2016, the department promoted three black sergeants, even though their scores were lower than those of 11 white candidates who were denied promotions.
San Francisco settled a similar 2003 lawsuit for $1.6 million, but did not acknowledge wrongdoing.
Mullanax said the Police Officers Association contacted Chief William Scott but none of the officers who met with Scott received any "substantive response."
John Coté, a spokesman for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said the department "uses lawful, merit-based civil service examinations in making promotions.
The lawsuit challenges a test-scoring method that the city adopted in 1979 in response to a lawsuit from a group representing black and female officers, who alleged discrimination in hiring and promotions.
San Francisco "bands" promotional test scores so that people who score within a certain range are treated the same, which means the department can consider other factors such as language skills and experience in awarding promotions. The latest lawsuit challenges that method.
"The city — to this day — has a long-standing practice and custom of discriminating against white males in SFPD promotions to the rank of sergeant, lieutenant and captain," said M. Greg Mullanax, the officers' attorney, in the lawsuit.
While this is technically true, they still have diversity quotas that must be met. As such, more qualified white males must be passed over.
Jonathan Cooper
In other words they're shockingly below average for police officers a position in which you can literally be too intelligent to be accepted and decided to make a fuss Based and BluePilled Fuck the Cops whatever fucks them over more and keeps them tearing each other apart ok the inside
Thomas Peterson
trump appointed federal judges will rule in favor of the 14th amendment, the jim crow era ended 55 years ago, almost nobody still working today deserves affirmative action benefits. letting people get economic benefits based on their skin tone needs to end eventually.
Jose Russell
I'm sure you'd like it if you worked hard and did a good job, only to be repaid by someone less qualified getting a promotion instead of you? No, you certainly would not.
Carter Baker
100% agreed. There have been blacks in all of the highest offices in the country at this point. That shit needs to end.
Ryan Martin
el oh fuckin' el mate, have you been on Zig Forums lately? Or here? Or anywhere in the United States?
Matthew Johnson
> San Francisco "bands" promotional test scores so that people who score within a certain range are treated the same, which means the department can consider other factors such as language skills and experience in awarding promotions. The latest lawsuit challenges that method.
>Mullanax said that in 2016, the department promoted three black sergeants, even though their scores were lower than those of 11 white candidates who were denied promotions.
Seems to me that the reasonableness of this policy depends on how wide the “bands” are. Like, lumping in a 3.8-4.0 GPA would seem reasonable, but lumping in 3.0-4.0 might be a bit too wide.
Evan Cook
Racism may not be over. But blacks can do well if they don't act like niggers. It's all up to them. We no longer need affirmative action.
