Ex-police chief says demotion was religious discrimination
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
LUMBERTON, Miss. — A Mississippi city is being sued by a former police chief who says he was demoted because of religious discrimination.
WDAM-TV reports that in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Carlus Page says Lumberton city leaders had agreed to give him Sundays off so he could continue to serve as a pastor, but later voted to demote him to part-time patrol officer.
The suit says that accommodation was granted when he first joined the force as a part-time officer in 2013, and was agreed upon again when Page became chief April 2018.
