Black Female Former Officer Didn’t Show Bias, Appeals Court Says

A Black former police officer from New York failed to convince a federal appeals court that her department refused to give her a light-duty assignment following an off-duty accident then fired her for being out of work too long, because of her race and gender.

The ruling issued Monday by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upholds a June 2023 trial court grant of summary judgment to Town of Ramapo, about 30 miles northwest of New York City.

Yolanda Tyson claimed she would not be unemployed if she had been allowed to perform those light duty assignments, ...