Omaha firefighter alleges discrimination after finding her gear hanging from flagpole

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By Jessica Wade , Reece Ristau

An Omaha firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the City of Omaha, alleging discrimination and harassment based on her race, color and gender.

Jane Crudup was hired as a full-time firefighter on Jan. 14, 2019. According to the lawsuit, she is the fifth Black woman to serve as a firefighter in the more than 150-year history of the City of Omaha.

The court complaint, filed last week, alleges several accounts of harassment and discriminatory behavior. It cited a March 3 incident in which Crudup returned to Station 41, near 51st Street and Ames Avenue, to find her personal firefighter coat, pants, boots and helmet hanging from a flagpole.

She "found her helmet hanging above her firefighting coat, displayed in an order, simulating a hanging or public lynching ..." according to the complaint.

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