Legal Opinion
Anthony Smith v. John Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2013No. 11-2496PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
For the better part of a decade, Anthony Smith sought a place on the Town of Be-loit’s “tow list,” hoping to be called upon when the local police department required towing services. Chief of Police John Wilson denied these requests, and Smith (who is African-American) attributed his exclusion to racial bias. In December 2008, Wilson’s subordinates came forward with allegations that appeared to confirm Smith’s suspicions: in everyday conversation, Wilson repeatedly referred to people of color as “niggers,” “sand-niggers,” “towel heads,” and “spies.” Several officers…
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