Mass. Veteran Sues Anti-War Apartment Owner, Alleges Discrimination
June 4, 2012
BOSTON (CBS) – A Massachusetts veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has filed a civil rights lawsuit against an anti-war activist who declined to rent him an apartment.
Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, tried to rent a two-bedroom Dorchester apartment from 63-year-old Janice Roberts.
Morgan didn’t get the apartment. According to the lawsuit, Roberts told him his war service and her peace activism presented a “conflict of interests.”
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Anti-war apartment owner won't rent to veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan
What makes this story worse is that Morgan is training to be a firefighter!
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