Yeadon’s former police chief awarded $2.5 million to settle lawsuit

Dated: April 20 2024

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A former Yeadon police chief who contended that his firing in 2022 was racially motivated has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit against the borough and the officials who terminated him for $2.5 million, according to court filings. Anthony “Chachi” Paparo said in the lawsuit that four members of Yeadon Borough Council — former Council President Sharon Council-Harris, then-Vice President Learin Johnson, and former council members Tomeka Jones-Waters and Carlette Brooks — conspired to replace him because he is white and nearly 90% of the town’s residents are Black. The group also damaged his personal and professional reputation, he said, by distributing “Fast Fact” fliers about his firing to every resident in the borough. The officials named in the suit, three of whom no longer serve on the council, have denied Paparo’s assertion that his dismissal was about race. They said the decision to fire him stemmed from a $387,000 penalty the borough had to pay to the Fraternal Order of Police after Paparo improperly hired more part-time officers than the union contract allowed.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 3/26/2024 

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