The controversial social media post was days after Lucido's office honored Civil Rights icon — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on its Facebook page. The General Lee post has since been deleted.
MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - An assistant prosecutor has accused Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido of retaliating against him by firing the employee after he spoke to investigators during an internal review of the office.
Joshua VanLaan said both Lucido and Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Donald Fresard "knowingly and intentionally concocted a series of false allegations of wrongdoing" in an effort to oust him from his position with the county office, according to a filing in federal court.
VanLaan was fired on Dec. 22, months after he said Lucido had become "enraged" he had accused both he and Fresard of violating the civil rights act over the past two years.
"Defendants Lucido and Fresard pre-determined that, because of this protected activity, Plaintiff would be terminated from his employment," the lawsuit said. On Aug. 25, Fresard told VanLaan that he was under investigation for "seven false allegations" that included misconduct and refusing to file an appeal in a case that stems back to the 2020 George Floyd protests in Shelby Township.
"The allegations were unfounded and were a sham," the lawsuit declared and that VanLaan had denied each claim against him.
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