Trenton park ranger allegedly called n-word by ex-mayor to receive $195K settlement

TRENTON >> Three years removed from office and sitting in a federal prison, ex-city Mayor Tony Mack is still costing taxpayers a boatload of money.

City council will vote Thursday to settle a civil rights lawsuit for $195,000 that was filed by a Trenton park ranger, who was laid off twice by the Mack administration and reinstated both times by the Civil Service Commission.

Michael Morris was on the receiving end of both unlawful terminations and replaced by Mack’s pal Robert “Chico” Mendez.

In the lawsuit that was filed in 2013 after his second reinstatement, which awarded back pay and attorney’s fees, Morris claimed he suffered “emotional distress and humiliation in the presence of his co-workers arising from the adverse employment measures” and alleged he was discriminated against for not supporting the mayor politically.

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