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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Miss.: White officer not promoted to commander advances claim based on Black officer’s ‘leapfrog’ to captain, (Nov 4, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Phelps Dunbar | Waide & Associates
    Organizations Mentioned:City of Grenada, Mississippi

    By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D.

    The police chief declined to promote the 14-year veteran to a commander position while allowing a newly hired Black officer to skip several ranks and rise immediately to captain.

    A white patrol officer who was denied a promotion to an “administ ...

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