article_snippet.sent: Gerry Pickens was more used to drugs busts and violent robberies at Gerry Pickens previous posting in Atlanta, Georgia - but took a pay cut and moved to quiet Orting, which has just 11 police officers.
article_snippet.sent: Around the same time, Pickens' said, a white officer was subject to an excessive force complaint, but was allowed to keep policing the whole time.
article_snippet.sent: Orting, a Washington town with a population of 8,000, had never had a black cop before Pickens' . '
article_snippet.sent: Other reasons suggested include filing incomplete reports, taking too long responding to an important traffic stop, going home while on duty and not helping an officer in a 'physical altercation'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gerry Pickens, 28, was the first black police officer in Orting, Washington .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Was fired after just under a year - which the first black police officer in Orting, Washington says is because of racism .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Seemed to be attempt to dissuade the first black police officer in Orting, Washington from suing over the first black police officer in Orting, Washington dismissal .
  