$10 Million Lawsuit Filed Against DC Fire And EMS For Racial And Gender Discrimination

A $10 million race and gender discrimination lawsuit has been filed against D.C. Fire and EMS by four black female firefighters, reports 7News.

DC Fire and EMS faces a $10 million lawsuit
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Annie DeVoe

08/01/2022 2:33 p.m.

The women allege that they were subjected to "harsher standards" and "disciplinary actions" by D.C. Fire and EMS, than their white colleagues, continues the outlet.

One of the attorneys who filed the case, Pam Keith, alleges that "Black women are tolerated, but not embraced" in the D.C. Fire and EMS community that she describes as a "boys club".

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