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NAACP and city employees urge independent review after multiple discrimination complaints at Annapolis City departments
Summary
At the Jan. 12 council meeting, NAACP leadership and several city employees read anonymous letters alleging favoritism, discriminatory hiring and retaliation across departments, and urged a stay of recent personnel actions and appointment of an external EEO investigator.
Dozens of public commenters at the Annapolis City Council meeting on Jan. 12 urged immediate action after what some described as a pattern of discriminatory hiring and retaliation within city government. The Anne Arundel County NAACP and several current and former city employees called for an independent external equal‑employment‑opportunity (EEO) investigation and for a temporary stay of recent personnel actions affecting Black employees.
Steven Whitey, president of the Anne Arundel County NAACP, said the organization has received numerous complaints…
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