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Judge: Workplace Racism Didn't Disable Retired Trooper
A state appellate court Wednesday upheld an
administrative law judge’s decision that Glynn Moore, a
15-year trooper veteran, was not entitled to an accidental
disability pension, Gannett News Service reported. Moore
was seeking a higher pension because he claimed repeated
exposure to racism within the State Police caused him to be
mentally and physically unfit for duty.
The court did rule that the “application of an
external physical force may be found to constitute a
‘traumatic event.'”
Though Moore had testified of several racist incidents
by troopers toward him and black citizens while on the job,
the court said that he could not prove any directly
impacted his condition.
The appellate decision noted that public employees
subjected to racial harassment can seek damages. Moore was
among 13 troopers who sued the state police alleging racial
discrimination who later shared an undisclosed settlement.
Moore stands accused of the sexual assault of a 10-year-old
Camden County girl in July 2004.