Three current and former city police officers and the widow of a fourth who recently lost a federal race discrimination complaint against the Annapolis Police Department said Tuesday they have yet to make up their mind on an appeal, even though the deadline is looming Monday.
Former officer Carl Bouie said the lawsuit has been a struggle for him and the others. A federal judge recently threw out allegations by Bouie, Officer James Spearman, Floyd Carson and the late Shelley White, ruling they had not presented enough evidence to support their claims.
“I struggled from 2008 to this day,” Bouie said told the Caucus of African American Leaders. “We got terminated, 20-year career down the drain, over an alleged false statement.”
Bouie and the others appeared in Annapolis before the caucus, which approved a resolution in support the officers. White passed away on May 22 at 57 after a severe case of pneumonia.
Delores Duncan-White, White’s widow, said she and the officers are still considering an appeal. It must be filed by Monday.
Even though he died before a trial, Duncan-White wants an opportunity to clear her husband’s name, who she feels was wrongly singled out near end of his policing career.
“My husband deserves his day in court,” Duncan-White said. “He was beloved in this community.”
