impersonation
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10th Circuit agrees Facebook photos, not discrimination, the cause of Denver employee’s firing
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A former custodian for the City and County of Denver failed to show that race was the reason for her firing, rather than her misleading representation of herself online as a police officer, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Wednesday. Denver terminated Emina Gerovic, a white woman from Bosnia-Herzegovina, in November 2017. She alleged…
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10th Circuit hears appeal of Denver custodian fired for online representation as police officer
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The federal appeals court based in Denver appeared reluctant on Monday to accept the argument of a former Denver custodian who alleges her race and national origin were the reason she was fired from the city – rather than her supervisors’ stated reason: that she held herself out publicly as a police officer. Emina Gerovic,…
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Judge allows limited claims to proceed against Colorado Springs detective for search, harassment
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A Colorado Springs man failed to plausibly show that a detective violated his constitutional rights by searching his home following a report of police impersonation and unlawful firearm ownership, a federal judge has decided. However, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer also permitted two of Brian Halik’s claims to proceed: First, that he…
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Judge finds police impersonation, not race, the reason for ex-Denver employee’s firing
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A federal judge has tossed a discrimination lawsuit against the City and County of Denver from a former employee, finding her termination was not due to her being white, but rather because she publicly and falsely identified herself as a police officer. Emina Gerovic, who was a custodian in the Facilities Management division from August 2014…
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Appeals court reverses sovereign citizen’s conviction for impersonating officer
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A Costilla County man who represented himself as a “continental marshal” and said he “could take over the jail” had his conviction for impersonating a peace officer reversed last week, after the state’s second-highest court determined his comments were “only speech.” Jeremy David Costley is part of the sovereign citizen movement, which believes the federal…
