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NAME/ Former Albanian police officer in the US WINS $1 million in damages after colleagues mocked her for her sex life!

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NAME/ Former Albanian police officer in the US WINS $1 million in damages after
Enxhi Qirici

A former Boston police officer in the United States who claimed she was unfairly fired after her colleagues made lewd jokes about her sex life has been awarded $1 million by a court.

The Daily Mail writes that the jury was convinced that the harassment was related to her dismissal and decided that she was simply not capable of her job.

The woman in question is Enxhi Qirici , 32, who was fired from the Boston Police Department (BPD) in 2019. She is suspected of losing control and lashing out at other colleagues on two separate occasions, according to the department.

But in 2021, Qirici sued BPD, claiming that her firing was an act of retaliation and that she experienced ongoing sexual harassment and discrimination at work, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, the jury concluded that, although Qirici experienced a hostile work environment, it was not related to her dismissal, according to The Boston Globe.

NAME/ Former Albanian police officer in the US WINS $1 million in damages after

Within the first month of work, Qirici, who is white and originally from Albania, began dating a colleague, Eliot Telisnor , who is black.

When news of their relationship spread throughout the department, Qirici said she was hit with a series of lewd jokes and innuendos about her sex life. Her colleagues even said they wanted to sleep with her, according to the lawsuit.

The 32-year-old alleged that she was targeted because she was dating a black man, and that managers allowed " vulgar, sexist and racist remarks " to be made towards her, according to the lawsuit.

“This case is about justice and equality,” Qiric's lawyer, Ilir Kavaja, said in court, according to The Boston Globe.

During these unpleasant interactions, Qirici, who was still in her one-year probationary period, which applies to all new officers, was involved in two incidents that ultimately led to her dismissal.

The first occurred in July 2018, when she stopped at a construction site to ask Telisnor a question about completing a report.

But the situation took a dramatic turn when she began yelling at a Northeastern University police officer who confronted her for illegally parking her police car several times.

According to Qiric's dismissal letter, she insulted the other officer. She admitted that her behavior was inappropriate, but claimed that he was being rude to her.

The second violation came about a month later, when she and Telisnor were tied together.

During the break, they drove to Boston Logan International Airport to resolve a personal matter involving her mother.

Qirici approached an airport officer for help, but when he asked for identification, she became nervous and emotional, police department lawyers said.

After this confrontation, she was assigned to office duty and the department confiscated her gun. This is when the harassment she was experiencing reportedly peaked.

Qirici said the officers asked her if she was pregnant and constantly looked at her body.

In March 2019, she filed a complaint about sexual jokes and discriminatory comments with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

About three weeks later, she was fired. While her lawyer claimed the timing suggested retaliation, the police department explained that it had nothing to do with the complaint she had filed.

Qirici began training to join the police force in 2017 and was still in his probationary period when he became involved in both conflicts.

Edward Whitesell, an attorney representing the city in court, said this probationary period allows the department to remove problematic officers early on, The Boston Globe reports.

After leaving the police department, Qirici, who already had a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and criminology, decided to pursue a degree in law.

She now works as a lawyer in the Boston area, but said in court that being a police officer was her dream job and leaving the force was emotionally difficult.

" She had her career and it was taken from her, " Telisnor, who is still a police officer, testified in court, according to The Boston Globe.


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