A federal appeals court has upheld the firing of an Indiana sheriff's
deputy who accused the department of racism in part because detectives
watched excerpts from the movie "Blazing Saddles" in his presence.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Warrick County
Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Harris' 2007 firing for insubordination was
legal. Harris was let go during a standard one-year probationary period.
Harris claimed white officers on probation received better treatment
despite their performance problems. Harris also claimed other deputies
gave him racially tinged nicknames modeled after African-American TV
characters, according to court documents.
A federal judge in Indianapolis, however, ruled there wasn't enough
evidence to show discrimination, and the appeals court agreed.
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