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28 mar 1996 · Polanco sued the City under Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5) and the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983). The jury found impermissible discrimination and awarded Polanco $75,000 for expenses incurred, $150,000 for emotional pain and suffering, and $125,000 for injury to his reputation.
For eight years overwhelmed Austin cops, under immense pressure and hounded by thousands of tips, dozens of false confessions, and rumors of crime-scene blasphemies, stumbled blindly. They...
4 gru 2023 · After being exonerated, Ochoa and Danziger sued the city of Austin and three of the cops, including Polanco. The city ultimately wound up paying $14.5 million to the two men.
8 mar 2022 · In this employment discrimination action, Hector Polanco, a Mexican American police officer, alleges that he received more severe disciplinary treatment than his colleague because of his national origin.
21 gru 2001 · On Oct. 24, 1988, DePriest was found naked and bound inside the North Austin Pizza Hut where she worked; she had been raped and shot. In the aftermath of the murder, Popp said APD Detective...
21 cze 2006 · Both men filed federal civil rights lawsuits alleging that Austin police officials failed to properly train or monitor three homicide investigators and that the officers threatened violence,...
28 mar 1996 · In this employment discrimination action, Hector Polanco, a Mexican American police officer, alleges that he received more severe disciplinary treatment than his colleague because of his national origin.
