City of Minneapolis v. Richardson

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• holding that police officers’ use of the term “nigger” to refer to a black child constituted impermissible racial discrimination under state Human Rights Act
• concluding city was liable for punitive damages levied against some of its police officers for their discriminatory treatment of perpetrator
• instructing that the MHRA is designed to proscribe “distinction in treatment of individuals based upon impermissible or irrelevant factors such as race, color, creed, sex, etc.”
• applying Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. 4 to police conduct in dealing with public
• term “discriminate” as used in Human Rights Act means distinction in treatment of individuals based upon irrelevant or impermissible factors
• term \discriminate\ as used in Human Rights Act means distinction in treatment of individuals based upon irrelevant or impermissible factors

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