An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police
officer said he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to
trim his beard.
Former recruit Fishel Litzman of Monsey was fired Friday after multiple
confrontations with the department over the length of his
Joel, I'm not clear what your point is other than an Orthodox Jew was fired
because he did not follow regulations. The article that you linked states:
Today there are at least two dozen Orthodox-Jewish police officers working for
the NYPD. However, it doesn't mention whether any of those police
also of course the fired officer said this is the reason; maybe he was just a
lousy candidate?
Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
518-445-3386 (p)
518-445-3363 (f)
I think you are right, which makes me wonder about this case; also you would
think the recruit would have been told about the beard policy at the beginning
of his training;
but hey, maybe this is an elaborate scheme to make him a cop who can really go
underground as a guy who is mad at the
I would be astonished if they don't have a folliculitis exception like the one
in FOP v. Newark.
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:29:38 -0400 (EDT)
b...@jmcenter.org b...@jmcenter.org wrote:
Joel, I'm not clear what your point is other than an Orthodox Jew was fired
because he did not follow regulations.
I'm calling the screenwriters guild ASAP.
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Paul Finkelman
paul.finkel...@yahoo.comwrote:
I think you are right, which makes me wonder about this case; also you
would think the recruit would have been told about the beard policy at the
beginning of his
folliculitis
I think we need to create the Doug Laycock award for use of most obscure word
on the list serve -- and Doug wins the first award.
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Paul Finkelman, Ph.D.
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
Albany Law School
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you want to be my agent? (or will the bearded non-cop who is a cop be the
agent
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Paul Finkelman, Ph.D.
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
518-445-3386 (p)
