Nelson applied for captain openings eight times between 2004 and 2011, scoring well but never selected. He met all the basic requirements of the job, he says. In 2011, Nelson was passed over for three captain openings that went to female and minority candidates, according to Nelson’s lawsuit.
Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.
A former Milwaukee County sheriff’s lieutenant contends in a federal lawsuit that Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. passed him over repeatedly for promotions because he is a white male.
John R. Nelson also says his assignment to a third-shift job in the jail records division in February 2012 was retaliation for him filing a discrimination complaint with a federal agency a few days earlier. He had been a divisional commander working first shift and had worked for the department since 1994.
After filing his discrimination complaint, the department also opened two disciplinary investigations on Nelson, but he was “fully exonerated in April 2012,” the complaint says.
Nelson applied for captain openings eight times between 2004 and 2011, scoring well but never selected. He met all the basic requirements of the job, he says. In 2011, Nelson was passed over for three captain openings that went to female and minority candidates, according to Nelson’s lawsuit.
Four of the 12 captain promotions by Clarke since 2010 went to white men, with eight going to women or minorities, said William Rettko, Nelson’s attorney.
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