Muslim EMT’s suit says Detroit supervisor targeted him

May 16, 2019   

(Detroit News) A Muslim civil rights organization filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Detroit and its Fire Department on Thursday on behalf of a Muslim paramedic, claiming he was unfairly targeted by his captain because of his religion.

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the complaint on behalf of Alaa Saade, who alleges that his EMT captain had a known “hit list” of minority employees to discipline with the intent they would be terminated, according to the lawsuit.

Detroit Fire EMS Capt. Tim Goodman was fired in 2017 for posting hundreds of racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic and anti-Semitic comments on Facebook, but after an arbitration hearing, he was reinstated in December 2017, CAIR officials said, adding that Goodman has since been promoted twice and continues to supervise Saade.

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