New York – An ex New York City police officer says he was attacked with anti-Semitic slurs and vandalism of his personal belongings by other officers at the World Trade Center police command, forcing him to resign.
According to NY Daily News () David Attali, 31, says other officers filled his locker with hateful messages, called him “dirty Jew,” would greet him with “Heil Hitler,” sent him text messages with racial slurs and a photo of Adolf Hitler.
Attali, who was an officer for six years, is suing the city and the five officers who he says were involved, along with four supervisors for refusing his transfer request.
Attali first reported the harassment in May 2014 to the NYPD Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, showing them pictures of his locker covered with advertisements for pork, a newspaper reading “Hail Hitler” and a swastika carved into a sticker. When he was not transferred, he quit in August.
Attali also says he has copies of text messages and recorded audio.
Months after he left, Attali was told that EEO confirmed vandalism of his locker, but the verbal harassment claims were denied by the other officers.
Attali said the harassment may have started because he got Saturdays off to observe the Sabbath. He currently works as a driver for a water-meter inspection company.
Information taken from NY Daily News
