ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A Chicago suburb will pay $275,000 to a former police officer who says colleagues discriminated against him because of his Assyrian and Iraqi heritage.
Anfiny J. Eshoo sued the village of Arlington Heights last year, saying he was subjected to repeated and continuous comments about his national origin and race.
The Daily Herald reported Eshoo said in the federal lawsuit that he was called and referred to as the “Taliban” and often found stickers, cartoons, and other items reflecting slurs in his mailbox.
Eshoo served as a patrol officer from May 2016 until he was fired in January 2020. The village denied the allegations.
