Legal Opinion
MELVIN v. CITY OF PHILADLEPHIA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 2022No. 2:21-cv-03209Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL MELVIN, DANIEL : CIVIL ACTION FARRELLY, BRION MILLIGAN, : MARK PALMA, ROBERT BANNAN, : JESUS CRUZ, STEVEN HARTZELL, : JOSEPH FOX : : v. : NO. 21-3209 : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. July 29, 2022 The City of Philadelphia either fired or caused eight Philadelphia police officers to resign before being fired for posting racist, Islamophobic, and violent material on Facebook citing the Police Department’s Directive 6.10, §§ 4.I., J. prohibiting employees from using ethnic slurs, profanity,…
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