MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge refused to dismiss claims from a black employee at the Montgomery County Community Punishment and Corrections Authority who says her supervisor “left racially charged items such as a banana and a toy monkey in her office,” and put her on unpaid leave when she complained.
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