Twin Deputies Harassed, Discriminated in Compton
A worker’s environment plays a crucial role in his productivity and well-being. So, there are laws enforced to maintain a person’s environment free from any factors that may hinder his means to earn income.
This should prevent any acts of discrimination and harassment that would create a hostile work environment and greater odds that he would have to beat in order to be compensated for his work.
One of the twin white deputies in Compton who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the county has recently testified of their ordeal and the abuse they allegedly suffered from their Latino colleagues and the county who failed to address their complaints.
Deputy Ryan Wade, 33, and his twin brother Richard Wade were allegedly discriminated, harassed, and retaliated against by their co-workers, who were mostly Latinos, for being white.
The twin also said that they were considered a snitch as their father, a retired police sergeant in South Gate Police Department, testified in behalf of the minority workers who claim that they are being harassed in SGPD.
Aside from the threats and taunts that the two allegedly suffered, they also were transferred to a lesser prestigious post at the Community College Bureau.
These inhumane acts of discriminating a person for his race should have heavier consequences to the defendant so that they will realize the gravity of their actions. If these allegations of Wade brothers were found to be true, then they should be compensated for the wrong done to them.
