Black Deputy Settles Bias Suit, Appeal Against Georgia Sheriffs

The White former sheriff of Pulaski County, Ga., and the estate of the White predecessor settled a Black deputy’s claims that he was fired over alleged misconduct for which White deputies escaped discipline, federal court records show.

The resolution was reached while Johnny Blash’s case against former Sheriff Danny Brannen and the late William Cape was pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The circuit ruled April 21 that a lower court mistakenly dismissed Blash’s claims that racial bias influenced his termination, and Brannen and Cape’s estate had been considering whether to ask the appeals court ...