Police Officer Sues University of Illinois Chicago Law School Over Faculty's 'Discriminatory' Emails About Law Enforcement - Law.com
What You Need to Know
- John Cannon is a white police officer who graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in August.
- In a lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Cannon alleges discrimination and emotional distress over emails school officials allegedly sent disparaging law enforcement.
- The suit names the law school, former Dean Darby Dickerson, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Tania Luma, Assistant Dean for Student Life & Leadership Jennifer Pope and professor Wesley Townsend as defendants.
John Cannon, a police officer who graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in August, has filed a complaint against his alma mater alleging discrimination and emotional distress over emails school officials allegedly sent disparaging law enforcement.
The complaint, filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County Department, Law Division on Feb. 9, also names former Dean Darby Dickerson, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tania Luma, Assistant Dean for Student Life and Leadership Jennifer Pope and professor Wesley Townsend as defendants.
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February 16, 2022
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source: https://www.law.com/2022/02/16/police-officer-sues-university-of-illinois-chicago-law-school-over-facultys-discriminatory-emails-about-law-enforcement/
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