City Must Pay Lost Wages To Officer Who Used Racial Slur
CINCINNATI (AP) - An arbitrator has ruled that the city of Cincinnati must pay lost wages to a black police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur.
Officer Donte Hill was given a written reprimand after he was recorded using a slur while responding to a fight in November 2018. Chief Eliot Isaac had Hill's case reviewed a month later when a white officer named Dennis Barnette was also recorded using a racial slur while trying to arrest a black woman at a nightclub.
Both Hill and Barnette received unpaid suspensions. Both officers filed lawsuits against the city.
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