Third Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against HCC by Attorney Ben Hall

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Case 4:22-cv-01547 Document 1 Filed on 05/13/22 in TXSD Page 36 of 76

that they were in fact good friends. This is just a glimpse of how HCC’s policies are selectively enforced or rather, not enforced for Black individuals at the campus. Although Ms. Hubbard had a valid complaint she wished to file against a member of the HCCPD, since Captain Boxie was an individual with some amount of clout at the college, HCC effectively stonewalled Ms. Hubbard from moving forward with a complaint by giving her the run around and not actively following HCC written procedure. Such treatment is not seen amongst the other white and Hispanic employees of the college. Rather, Black individuals’ complaints are regularly treated with less haste, more skepticism, or no action at all. Since attempting to lodge her complaint, Ms. Hubbard has faced retaliation. Captain Boxie in turn filed a complaint of his own against Ms. Hubbard which mischaracterized her as an unprofessional, stereotypical angry, black female who interferes with the police activity. All of these allegations are untrue. Her initial complaint involved a perceived lack of police presence around the campus and in the library. Since making her complaint, she has noticed even less of a police presence in the area of the school that she works. 100.

Rodney Jackson - Race discrimination: Wrongful termination - Mr. Jackson began

his employment at HCC as Manager of Financial Aid Services. Mr. Jackson had years of success at HCC until the arrival of Chancellor Maldonado. After Maldonado’s arrival, Mr. Jackson noticed that many of his other black co-workers were being replaced in favor of white and Hispanic employees. Shockingly, Mr. Jackson was made aware that his Hispanic supervisor, Teri Zamora, said that he too needed to go. Following this, one of his employees went to HR to file a grievance complaint against him because she did not get a position she thought she was getting (Social Media Coordinator). HR referred the employee to the OIE’s office to file her grievance with that office. Employee filed a false Title IX “Sexual Harassment” compliant against Mr. Jackson alleging he made unwanted sexual favors/advancements to her. He was called in by EEO/OIE’s office to

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