White Kennesaw Workers Lose Appeal
They failed to provide sufficient evidence of discrimination.
Four white employees who alleged in a 2010 suit that top Kennesaw officials "selected" them "for discipline because of their race" have lost the latest round in their nearly 3-year-old legal battle against the city. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today found that police officers Scott Lewis and Scott Luther and public safety employees Linda Johnson and Susan Power "failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination" against the city of Kennesaw, Mayor Mark Mathews, City Manager Steve Kennedy and former human resources director Richard Klein, according to a copy of the ruling on the court's website. Lewis, Luther, Johnson and Power were among 23 employees—20 white, two black and one Hispanic—who received suspension …
