Posted on 05/09/2016 3:47:58 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
NEW HAVEN >> Less than three months after her historic promotion, the Police Departments first black female police captain is suing the city alleging racial and gender discrimination dating to 2012.
Police Capt. Patricia Helliger filed the civil complaint at Superior Court in New Haven last week after the complaint was released by the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities on Feb. 29 10 days after her ceremonial induction at City Hall.
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Helliger is represented by East Haven attorney Patricia A. Cofrancesco. The city of New Haven is listed as the first defendant, with Police Chief Dean Esserman listed as an additional defendant. Cofrancesco said Esserman was added because some alleged acts in the civil complaint involved him.
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According to the 11-page complaint, among incidents of alleged discrimination faced by Helliger included a Facebook post in 2012 allegedly posted by a male officer referring to her as Mrs. Butterworth. The posting surfaced while Helliger was being considered as a potential candidate for assistant chief, the complaint said, though Helliger said an assistant chief declined to provide details about who had posted the offensive remarks. The department did not address the incident until 2014, the complaint claims. Its unclear if anyone was disciplined because of the alleged incident.
The complaint also alleges Esserman was condescending and openly angry after Helliger shared concerns for her physical safety following her treatment at the department after an incident involving a physical altercation with a woman at a Walmart in 2014.
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Helliger is seeking at least $15,000 in damages. Cofrancesco said Helliger hopes to receive fair treatment, though she noted her complaint could draw attention to how women are treated in the workplace.
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An idiot dressed up in a costume is still an idiot.
I bet this officer has used the claim of discrimination as a tool to climb the ladder professionally. I bet that if you question everyone who has worked with her you will find that she has aggressively gone after anyone she has perceived as being in her way professionally with claims of wrong doing.
don’t get me wrong racism exists and it always will but in todays age the person claiming racism is more likely to be taking advantage of the claim then to be a victim.
It's not about satisfaction.
It's about gaming the system. Gamers game and con artists con.
There is no exit strategy.
As long as there is money and power to be accumulated, the "Get-Overs" will always be looking for the next opportunity to get over.
I guess the only way to end it would be to stop trying to "satisfy" them, smack down their complaints, and tell them to grow up.
Home of Yale U. - couldn’t happen to a nicer place....
Mrs. Butterworth
Looks a bit more like Mr. Butterworth
Racialist Twofer - first, an affirmative action prmotion; next, a lawsuit alleging discrimination.
For anyone eager to bilk the system, it’s better than a winning Powerball ticket.
That photo sends a chill down the spine of any IT Admin that views it.
If you can’t take the heat, don’t cook the Pancakes.
At least the guy didn’t refer to Her as “Aunt”... Oh, never mind.
What restroom does Patricia use?
Biting the hand that feeds you.
New Haven is the same sh!thole that had to pay out millions to primarily white firefighters passed over for promotion because blacks didn’t score well enough.
It is bad enough to deal with tokens in the workplace; could you imagine being a taxpayers in New Haven, funding this?
Hit the floor running and suing after the promotion... go girl, sue those white privilege Progressives ... get enough bucks and you won’t even have to work!
Fixed it for you ;-)
Ed
New haven deserves this. It has an ultra liberal mayor.
That’s a man Baby!
Not sure the reference to John Amos?? Sat next to him at LAX waiting to board a flight in 2011. He wasnt getting around very well, had an assistant helping him. We talked, seemed to be decent guy.
My guess is the city bent over backwards to get her promoted. She didnt cut the mustard, and the walls were closing in. Time to call in the race card.
I was saying post# 6 looked like him. Just a joke, no serious intention. I was just busting on her.
Less qualified, more obnoxious, more trouble. Why would anyone in their right mind hire someone like this if they weren’t forced to do it?
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