Monrovia police officer apparently settled discrimination suit

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According to City News Service, " A black Monrovia police officer who alleged that one of his sergeants said “Africans are lazy” and simulated the movements of a monkey settled a lawsuit he filed against the city, his attorney said on Tuesday.
Glenn Cobb filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2006, alleging race discrimination, harassment, retaliation and failure by the department to investigate his claim."

- the story will be in the paper tomorrow. It doesn't give the facts of the settlement, but since it's a public record, we'll have the financial deal for the following day.
update:Reporter Molly Okeon found out (deleted amount).
UPDATE:oops had the wrong amount. It's $125,000.

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