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Fired for investigating harassment

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal court in Georgia declined to dismiss a former police captain’s lawsuit alleging he was fired because he investigated three female officers’ sexual harassment complaints against the former chief of the Savannah State University Police Department. He showed evidence of a causal relationship between his protected activity and his termination, as well as evidence that his termination’s official reason was mere pretext.

Read the ruling here.

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