This Police Sergeant Alleged Racist Harassment After Finding Out He Was Part Black

After a 47-year-old police sergeant found out that he was part black from an Ancestry.com DNA test, he sued his police chief and the city of Hastings, Michigan, where he’s employed, seeking at least $500,000 for alleged racial harassment.

For over 45-plus years of his life, Sergeant Cleon Brown believed he was part NativeAmerican, as his father had told him growing up. Then, as an adult, he decided to seek clarity on his heritage. After completing a DNA test, Brown learned that he was not Native American at all, but 18 percent sub-Saharan African.