Police Officer Failed To Show Termination Was Based On Race

After a local television station aired a videotape that showed Officer Robert Henry shoving an unarmed arrestee in a police station booking room and then pushing him against a wall and onto a desk, then-Milwaukee Police Chief Arthur Jones requested an Internal Affairs Division investigation and ultimately decided to terminate Henry from the Milwaukee Police Department. Henry, a white male, brought suit against the public employer, maintaining that Jones, an African American, fired him because of Henry's race. However, because Henry had not presented sufficient evidence that the decision to terminate him was made on account of his race, the 7^th Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

Henry v. Jones

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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ jurisdiction includes Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.