Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A Black attorney who formerly worked on the staff of the Republican-controlled Mississippi State Senate was the target of illegal racial discrimination, the Department of Justice alleged Friday.
In a complaint filed Friday in the Southern District of Mississippi, federal prosecutors alleged that Kristie Metcalfe was paid "significantly less" than every other staff attorney in the Senate's Legislative Services Office -- all of whom are White -- despite having essentially the same responsibilities.
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