An investigator for the Oregon Department of Justice is getting his job back after a state arbitrator ruled the agency was wrong to fire him.
It all started when Jim Williams started searching social media for posts using hashtags associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. Williams interpreted some of the posts as a possible threat to police and opened a file on the person who posted them.
That person was Erious Johnson—who happens to be the top civil rights attorney at the Oregon Department of Justice. He’s also one of the few African American attorneys in the department.
After an investigation, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum fired Williams, saying he engaged in racial profiling.
Now, an arbitrator said the agency was wrong to let Williams go and ordered him reinstated with back pay.
In a statement, Rosenblum said she was "disappointed" with the ruling.
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