NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Federal class action lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of black detectives who say they were denied promotions for years within the elite Intelligence Division of the NYPD.
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The detectives -- Jon McCollum, Roland Stephans and the wife of now-deceased detective Theodore Coleman -- claim the unit's bosses systematically discriminated against them while promoting less qualified and less experienced white detectives.
Back in 2011, the three black detectives filed a federal labor complaint over their assignments to the unit.
After a five-year investigation, the EEOC found last year that the promotion process stymied black detectives.
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But the detectives and their attorneys say nothing was done to rectify the situation.
The detectives are represented by the law firm of Emery Celli, Brinkerhoff & Abady LLP and the New York Civil Liberties Union.