Janelle Griffith is a national reporter for NBC News focusing on issues of race and policing.
A Black police officer in New Jersey who alleges she was disciplined after she wore her hair in a traditional African hairstyle has sued the township where she works and one of her superiors, alleging that she was discriminated against for wearing a natural hairstyle .
“Maplewood is trying to send a chilling message to the entire department that not only are we going to discriminate against Chian, we are going to hold other people accountable for not discriminating against her,” her attorney, John Coyle, said. New Jersey became a flashpoint on the topic of hair discrimination in December 2018, when Andrew Johnson, a Black varsity high school wrestler with dreadlocks, was forced to cut his hair to participate in a match.
Black Police Officer New Jersey Discrimination Natural Hairstyle Lawsuit
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