State Police Sgt. Can't Escape Race Bias Suit, 4th Circ. Says

By Patrick Hoff ( June 24, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT) -- A Maryland State Police sergeant must face a lawsuit alleging he excluded two Black task force members from meetings and failed to address a subordinate officer's racist text message, with the Fourth Circuit ruling Wednesday that a reasonable supervisor would've understood his actions violated civil rights law....

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