F.B.I. Chief and Black Agents Meet to Prevent Bias Lawsuit
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In an effort to head off a lawsuit by black agents, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation met today with a group of the agents to reassure them that he was committed to correcting discrimination in the agency. The director, William S. Sessions, acknowledged that there had been serious problems in the past and promised that he would work with the agents to resolve their complaints over recruitment, hiring and promotion, according to people who attended the meeting. After the meeting, David J. Shaffer, a lawyer for the black agents, said that while he was encouraged by Mr. Sessions’s remarks, he had not yet decided whether to file the lawsuit against the bureau charging racial discrimination. Mounting Tension on Race Earlier in the day, nearly 250 black agents met with Mr. Sessions and Floyd I. Clarke, a deputy director of the bureau, for a question-and-answer session. More : query.nytimes.com |