Los Angeles will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit by a police sergeant who alleged that he suffered retaliation after speaking up about racism in the Los Angeles Police Department. The Los Angeles City Council approved the payout Wednesday in an 11-0 vote, with council members Joe Buscaino, Gil Cedillo, Paul Koretz and Nury Martinez absent. The sergeant also alleged that he suffered further retaliation when he was told that he could no longer be a watch commander. In his letter, posted on the website of Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Guillary urged Dorner to stop his attacks and surrender. It was the first time that he had gotten such a notice in his 34-year career with the department, his lawsuit said.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 11, 2016 00:22 UTC