![]() ![]() "I can't say anything more at this point." In August 2000, Peoples lodged a complaint with the county, accusing Kramer of racial discrimination and sexual harassment. "It's not over till it's over - and it's not over yet," Kramer said by telephone after the verdict. Kramer's attorney did not immediately return phone calls for comment. You can't use the promotional process for revenge." In asking for damages, Peoples says she was humiliated, suffered loss of reputation and standing in the community, loss of self-esteem, depression and anxiety. It's been completely unfair and the jury saw it fit to compensate her and hold Mr. ![]() "She worked for 23 years at an entry-level job classification. I'm so pleased they saw through the county's efforts to mask what has been going on," Price said. "I'm very pleased with what the jury has done. District courtroom, said Pamela Price, Peoples' attorney. Punitive damages will be decided Wednesday in Judge Marilyn Patel's U.S. The county has agreed to pay Peoples $35,000 for compensatory damages. ![]() Peoples, who is African-American, had claimed separate racial and gender discrimination by Kramer and his assistant assessor, Lori Koch, but those claims were all dismissed by the jury. Following a 10-day trial in a federal court in San Francisco, a jury of eight found Gus Kramer and the county liable in one of a dozen claims filed by Bernice Peoples, a longtime appraiser who held the same entry-level position in Kramer's office for more than two decades. They're just as guilty and I'm fresh out of sympathy for their ass.Ĭounty to pay woman $35,000 in discrimination case By Matthias Gafni Contra Costa Times The Contra Costa County Assessor refused to promote a junior appraiser in retaliation over a sexual and racial harassment claim that the supervisor had handed the employee a motel key before an interview about a possible job promotion, a jury found Tuesday. I'm tired of folks complaining when they hear racist shyt, yet allow it to go without responding to it. Bearing that, I would call Al Sharpton and tell him to get his permed ass to Philly, complete with camera crew and embarass the whole damn establishment for that shyt, and have the camera follow the saltines everywhere they went until they got the hell out. If that were me, I think I would have used a white napkin, cut holes in it that represented eyes, made it look like a Klan Hood and dropped it on their table while saying, "Enjoy your dinner I made your favorite centerpiece, SALTINE!" Then I would have complained to the manager and ask that their asses be thrown out of the restaurant because I wouldn't be responsible for what my cousins, Tank and Big Mike might do if they were found to still be on the premises. AND THOSE SALTINES ARE WHO WE ALWAYS THINK THEY ARE. I don't give a rat's ass if she overheard a private conversation if the participants didn't want her to hear what was being said, they would have lowered their voices so she couldn't hear that shyt. The fact that the person sat there, stewed in her "rage" and said NOTHING, spoke VOLUMES about how much of a friggin coward she was. ![]()
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