Case: Discrimination/Discharge (2d Cir.)

A Muslim former police officer of Egyptian national origin for the New York Police Department should have been granted a trial on his claims that he was subjected to disparate treatment and discharged because of his religion and ancestry, even though multiple misconduct charges against him were sustained, the Second Circuit ruled. A reasonable jury could infer that the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau contacted the Joint Terrorism Task Force during an investigation of the officer not because it had information linking him to terrorism but because of his membership in protected classes and that the IAB’s contact resulted in a ...