Post in City's huge discrimination payout

--- On Wed, 7/23/08, Jordan S. Kushner <email obscured>> wrote:
From: Jordan S. Kushner <email obscured>>
Subject: Re: [Mpls] City's huge discrimination payout
To: <email obscured>, "Mpls" <email obscured>>
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 9:46 AM

----- Original Message -----
> From: james graham
> To: Mpls ; Jordan S. Kushner
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] City's huge discrimination
> payout

[snip]

> Any "discrimination" case settled against public
> officials should be completely open for public
> review, especially those involving the police
> department.  I hope we at the List will demand such > openness in
> government from our elected officials.

JSK - unfortunately, there is probably not much of a record to shed light on
the case.  By settling the case so early, the city probably avoided the
exchange of many significant documents, and avoided depositions where the
people involved in the case testify under oath in front of a stenographer
about the issues in the case and most significantly, the top police and
other city officials would have been confronted about their actions and
forced to explain them.  This is probably the most critical reason that the
top officials are paying so much taxpayer money to stop the case from
proceeding - to avoid such a detailed written record of their conduct.

Jordan Kushner
Golden Valley


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