NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A New Haven police sergeant is fighting a 15-day suspension given for a comment he allegedly made last June at the front desk of police headquarters.
The New Haven Register reports (https://bit.ly/1g26t3i ) William Koenig was reported to have complained that a person had to be black or perform a sexual favor in order to work in the chief’s office.
Koenig was suspended in April after a coalition of black officers raised concerns in February that he had not been disciplined.
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Koenig’s attorney, William Palmieri, says Koenig denies making that comment, and the police union will file a grievance.
Koenig has said he was discussing a rumor that someone had “blackmailed” a city official to obtain a position, and someone may have thought he was instead talking about a “black male”
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Information from: New Haven Register, https://www.nhregister.com
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