Jewish Press of Pinellas County

Jewish deputy sues L.A. department over harassment




LOS ANGELES (JTA) –The Jewish sheriff ’s deputy who arrested actor Mel Gibson for drunken driving is suing his department for harassment since the July 2006 incident. Because he reported requests from superiors to remove Gibson’s anti-Semitic tirade from the initial arrest report, the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department has continuously passed him over for deserved promotions and retaliated in other ways, James Mee charged in his suit, the Los
Angeles Times
reported Sept. 8.

A department spokesman denied Mee’s allegations of retaliation and ethnic discrimination.


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