Jones v. City of Boston

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

In this racial discrimination case, ten black plaintiffs challenge the Boston Police Department’s drug testing program. Seven of the plaintiffs are former officers fired by the department after testing positive for cocaine; the eighth is a former cadet in the same situation; the ninth continues to work as an officer after testing positive and undergoing rehabilitation as an alternative to termination; and the tenth is a former applicant to the department whose contingent job offer was revoked after a positive test. The plaintiffs’ principal claim is that the…