Former Police Officer Sues a City in Washington State Over Vaccine Mandate, Alleging Discrimination
A former Bellingham Police Department officer has sued the city of Bellingham over a former mayor’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, alleging that the city discriminated against him due to his religious beliefs when it fired him for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate.
Joshua D. Wilson filed a civil employment lawsuit April 3 in Whatcom County Superior Court against the city. Wilson’s lawsuit argues that the city violated the Washington state law against discrimination, which prevents employers from firing people from employment on the basis of religion or creed, according to court records.
Wilson’s lawsuit states he has “bona fide religious beliefs that prevented him from taking the COVID-19 vaccines,” and that he informed the city of those beliefs, but that the city discriminated against him when it failed to reasonably accommodate him and subsequently fired him, court documents state.
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