Groundbreaking Black Female Officer Sues Rock Island Police for Racial and Gender Discrimination
Rock Island, Ill. – A landmark lawsuit has been initiated by Dytanya Robinson, the Rock Island Police Department’s first Black female officer, against both the city and Police Chief Timothy McCloud. The suit, launched in January in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, asserts claims of racial and gender discrimination throughout her tenure with the department which began in 1998. Robinson’s interactions with department leadership began challenging norms from the start. In 2001, she voiced her first formal complaint, alleging harassment by a sergeant, a claim she says was investigated but … Read more