"the color of your skin is your sin."
Mayor's Lighter Skinned Security Have Bias Case
CHICAGO (CN) - Saying "the color of your skin is your sin," before removing white and Hispanic police officers from Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's security team may leave Chicago liable, a federal judge ruled.
The 11 plaintiffs are former members of Unit 542, a specially selected group of officers that serves as security specialists to the mayor of Chicago and other dignitaries. This position also came with a higher salary and increased benefits.
When Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor in 2011, however, several police officers who were not security specialists were assigned to protect the mayor-elect.
These officers were not officially promoted, but were allowed to "act up" into the position, allegedly because of their involvement in Emanuel's political campaign.
Officer John Pigott, one of the non-black plaintiffs, allegedly asked Unit Commander Brian Thompson, as Emanuel's inauguration grew near, what factors he would use to determine which officers stayed on as security specialists.
Thompson, a black man, allegedly told Pigott that "the color of your skin is your sin."
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