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Disability Discrimination

Naugatuck, CT
Police & Fire
Walmart Manager, Worker Arrested After Assault On Disabled Shopper In Naugatuck: Police Walmart Manager, Worker Arrested After Assault On Disabled Shopper In Naugatuck: Police
Walmart Manager, Worker Arrested After Assault On Disabled Shopper In Naugatuck: Police A shopping trip at a Connecticut Walmart turned violent when a fight broke out between two employees and customers, landing the workers in handcuffs, authorities said.  Shelly Alam, 45, and her manager, Robert Mclaughlin, 39, both of Waterbury, face multiple charges in connection with the Wednesday, Aug. 27, incident, according to Naugatuck police. Officers were called to the Walmart on New Haven Road in Naugatuck around 7 p.m. after receiving reports of a fight inside the store. Police said two customers — one of whom was disabled and using a motorized scooter — were shopping for clot…

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by Josh Lanier
Pompton Lakes, NJ
News
Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former Pompton Lakes Detective Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former Pompton Lakes Detective
Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former Pompton Lakes Detective A former detective has filed a lawsuit against a North Jersey police department, claiming years of retaliation, harassment, and racism by top brass drove him out of the department in early 2024. William Pepe, the Pompton Lakes Police Department's only Black officer at the time, filed the 55-page complaint (attached) in Passaic County Superior Court on Wednesday, March 26. The lawsuit names the Borough of Pompton Lakes, the police department, and multiple unnamed officers as defendants. Borough Administrator Michael Carelli said the borough has not been served an official lawsuit and decline…

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by Cecilia Levine
Phillipsburg, NJ
News
Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says Phillipsburg Mom Now Going Viral Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says Phillipsburg Mom Now Going Viral
Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says Phillipsburg Mom Now Going Viral Melissa Sotomayor, a Phillipsburg resident, was flying United Airlines from Tampa to Newark on Saturday, March 8 with her 2-year-old son when she says the trouble began. Sotomayor documented her plight in a TikTok that has since gone viral, generating more than 1.2 million views. @missysoto0 @United Airlines Do better and be better! You tried to deny my child the right to fly HOME stating his vent and portable oxygen concentrator are a danger to my son and other passengers?! The captain of flight number UA1349 tried saying my son shouldn’t be allowed to fly because of his special need…

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by Sam Barron
Newark, NJ
News
Classroom Crying Spells, Discrimination Law Violations Named In NJ Kindergarten Teacher's Suit Classroom Crying Spells, Discrimination Law Violations Named In NJ Kindergarten Teacher's Suit
Classroom Crying Spells, Discrimination Law Violations Named In NJ Kindergarten Teacher's Suit The South Orange-Maplewood School District is facing a lawsuit from a former 34-year-old Kindergarten teacher alleging officials failed to accommodate her disability amid "crying spells" in the classroom, forcing her to resign. Sarah Barlow says the trouble began during the 2019-2020 year when she got into disagreements with South Mountain Elementary School principal, who later believed she had filed a report saying he was having a sexual relationship with a first-grade teacher, according to a lawsuit filed in Essex County Superior Court. Barlow was transferred out of South Mounta…

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by Cecilia Levine
Franklin Township, NJ
Schools
Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report
Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a student with Down syndrome who was ordered to leave the Hillsborough High School prom before it ended, mycentraljersey.com reported.   Lily Doyle was among 11 students asked to leave the prom, which was held in May. Most of the other students are also special needs.  An aide told the group that they would be leaving about an hour before the prom concluded even though a limo had been reserved and was scheduled to arrive around the time the prom was supposed to end.  The school district later apologized for the incident.  The …

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by Paul Milo
Paramus, NJ
News
SUIT: Paramus Whole Foods Worker Says Anxiety Over Black Widow Spider Bite Lead To Termination SUIT: Paramus Whole Foods Worker Says Anxiety Over Black Widow Spider Bite Lead To Termination
Suit: Paramus Whole Foods Worker Says Anxiety Over Black Widow Spider Bite Lead To Termination A former employee of Paramus' Whole Foods store is suing the company for disability discrimination, according to a recent report. Richard Highsmith says he developed too much anxiety to work in the produce section after a black widow spider bit him in the department, NJ.com said, citing the suit. The higher-ups at the Bergen Town Center store did not let the Hackensack resident switch departments following the incident, according to the suit. New Jersey discrimination laws make it illegal to discriminate against an employee for his or her age, ancestry, military service, color, creed, disa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Morristown Family Lawsuit: Daughter With Anxiety Was Bullied By Bridgewater School Counselor Morristown Family Lawsuit: Daughter With Anxiety Was Bullied By Bridgewater School Counselor
Morristown Family Lawsuit: Daughter With Anxiety Was Bullied By Bridgewater School Counselor The Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School and district are facing a lawsuit from a set of parents claiming that their disabled daughter's school counselor bullied and harassed her, NJ.com reports. The parents met with the counselor in the beginning of the 2017-18 school year when they moved from Morristown to Bridgewater, the suit says. The counselor apparently laughed in their faces and "I have never heard of anything so ridiculous before, having anxiety and a fear of heat/fainting," NJ.com says. The counselor has continuously bullied the student, and her parents are accusing the school of&nbs…

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by Cecilia Levine
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record Rachel Wainer Apter of Englewood already had a distinguished resume when New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal appointed her Thursday as the new director of the state Division on Civil Rights. Apter, 38, most recently has served as Grewal’s counsel on civil right and immigration – and led the New Jersey team that defeated a motion by Texas and seven other states to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “This is a unique time for civil rights law in New Jersey,” Apter said. “While civil rights are under siege at the national level, the New Jersey legislature has been dram…

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by Jerry DeMarco