Two Topeka police officers who were disciplined for statements made in e-mails and in a letter to a newspaper have lost a lawsuit claiming that the city of Topeka and a former police chief breached their right to free speech.
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the lawsuit filed by officer Ken Eaton and former officer George Campbell against the city and former Chief Steve Harsha.
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson wrote Friday that the city had the right to discipline Eaton and Campbell, who are white, for statements that the city deemed racially insensitive to Glenda Overstreet, president of the Topeka branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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This case is just another one of those I said what I felt at the time, I hope I don't get in trouble kind of situations. I really don't have sympathy for anyone that makes racial comments intentionally about any group of people. So, to me these police officers really got a smack on the hand nothing really major. But they want to file a lawsuit...mmm
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