According to a civil suit just filed in NY State Supreme court, a current NYPD patrolwoman is accusing her bosses of religious discrimination because as she describes it they have been penalizing her for wanting to have Saturdays off because of her religious beliefs. Johanne Saint-Jean is a practicing Seventh Day of Adventist who is being called a “scammer” by her superiors because she believes they don’t believe a woman of color should be practicing the faith or that they don’t recognize this is something blacks are known to do.
She’s been a member of NYPD since 2016 and was promised prior to joining the force that she would be able to practice her religion without issue. But once on the force she received a rude awakening and realized that she would have to fight to get her day of worship off.
Saint-Jean was told by her bosses that she wasn’t jewish and why would she those days off? “There’s no place for her in the police department.” This was included in her lawsuit as well. Saint-Jean is part of a Christian sect that observes the sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
We’ve reached out to members of the NYPD for comment but have yet to receive aresponse.
