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Civil Rights

Feb. 12, 1999

Beard Cost LAPD Officer Promotion, Suit States

A Los Angeles police lieutenant who claims he has been passed over for promotion to captain because a skin condition prevented him from shaving his beard sued the city and Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Wednesday for discrimination based on race and disability.

By Lauren Blau
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A Los Angeles police lieutenant who claims he has been passed over for promotion to captain because a skin condition prevented him from shaving his beard sued the city and Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Wednesday for discrimination based on race and disability.
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