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Attorney and veteran firefighter urge Bakersfield to honor jury verdict in race‑discrimination case
Bakersfield City Council · November 7, 2025
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Summary
A jury awarded Captain Quincy Sloan $700,000 after finding the city failed to prevent race discrimination in its fire department. Veteran counsel and Captain Sloan addressed the council during public comment and urged the city to pay the judgment rather than appeal.
Nancy Doumanian, a trial attorney who represented Captain Quincy Sloan, told the council on Nov. 5 that a Kern County jury returned a $700,000 verdict in favor of Sloan after finding the city failed to prevent race discrimination.
"The jury heard every witness, every city employee who testified,…
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