A fired Hispanic police officer is firing back in federal court, claiming he was targeted and unjustly terminated. The town, however, has a different take.
“I was blacklisted. I knew I was blacklisted,” said Anthony Barberan, a former police officer in the town of Eastchester in New York.
Barberan said he felt déjà vu when he saw the documentary “Crime + Punishment,” highlighting I-Team interview with minority NYPD cops who claimed they were pressured to meet illegal ticket quotas.
“I think I was fired because I was blowing the whistle on what was going on there,” Barberan told News 4. “I was always bringing up ticket quotas.”
Read the story in NBC News 4 New York
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Sarah Wallace is a member of NBC 4 New York’s investigative unit, the NBC 4 I-Team.
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