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Suit claims East St. Louis passed up white police chief over
race
Nicholas J.C. Pistor
ST.
LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Thursday, Oct 29th, 2009
EAST ST. LOUIS — City officials seeking
a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida
Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois
State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city
board claim.
Wyatt Frazer and Della Murphy allege in a federal
lawsuit that they were forced off the Police, Fire and Civil
Service Board for their advocacy of a white candidate when the
chief's job was open in 2007.
Their lawyer said Tuesday the spurned candidate was Ronald
Grimming, a Metro East resident who rose to be deputy superintendent
of the State Police before taking the top spot in Florida in
1993. Grimming could not be reached for comment.
The suit against Mayor Alvin Parks, City Manager Robert Betts
and the city itself does not identify Grimming by name or qualifications.
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