This MAJOR Massachusetts Discrimination Lawsuit Ends With HEFTY Settlement

Fox News reports that the exam is part of the state’s promotional examination for the rank of sergeant.

The agreement that the state came to will impact roughly 600 current and former police officers and insists that the state reform the test to help create a better test that does not discriminate against applicants of any race.

Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled in October that the test amounted to legalized discrimination against Black and Hispanic applicants. He said it was discriminatory against these minority candidates when they attempted to apply for the position of a police sergeant in departments across the state. Thus, he ruled that the test was illegal in Massachusetts and must be revamped to ensure equality among those who might want to take the test or apply for the position.

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Both sides of the agreement will be back in court on May 10 for final approval by the judge of this agreement.

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This class action lawsuit was taken up on behalf of the Black and Hispanic officers throughout the state. Fox News reports that Black and Hispanic officers included in this agreement could receive at least $60,000 each from this settlement. They may be due for a windfall since they were denied specific opportunities due to discriminatory practices throughout the system. It may make it possible for someone in the department to receive a windfall settlement out of all of this.

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The lawsuit is more than a decade old at this point. It has dragged out in the courts for a long time, and some of those who stand to benefit had nothing to do with the original lawsuit when it came into being. However, they may still benefit from receiving $60,000 or more from the settlement.

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Officers in Boston, Brockton, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Springfield, and Worcester, along with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, are the main target of the lawsuit as they are the ones believed to have been discriminated against the most based on the tests taken by people over the years. As such, those officers might have the best case to make that they were directly discriminated against because the lawsuit exceptionally squared in on these individuals. That might cause windfall wins for all Black and Hispanic officers in Massachusetts.