A Kansas City police sergeant is suing the department, claiming he was targeted for discipline and retaliation after complaining that supervisors enforced policies more strictly against him than against white officers.
The lawsuit, filed in early April in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of Sgt. Terry Grimmett alleges racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment.
According to the lawsuit, a captain told Grimmett that a jacket he purchased from an approved department uniform store was out of policy and directed him to stop wearing it. The complaint alleges the captain did not enforce the policy against non-Black officers…