$2-Million Settlement OKd in County Bias Suit
A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a massive $2-million settlement of a long-running class action civil rights lawsuit over the management of Los Angeles County’s probation department.
The 5-year-old lawsuit alleged that the department shortchanged the inner city in its allocation of resources and passed over blacks for promotions.
The settlement includes monetary damages to black probation officers whose careers were allegedly damaged by discrimination, as well as a requirement that the county track how it deploys its resources and send more staff into the inner-city. U.S. District Court Judge Christine A. Snyder gave preliminary approval to the settlement on Monday.
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