Lynn's lawsuit says he was acting in a personal capacity on his own time and within his First Amendment rights when he posted the phone number in January 2021 to encourage people "to contact Chief Green to voice their displeasure with him for posting the photo." He published it after Lansing Police Department made a since-deleted Facebook post honoring a police dog killed in 1999, without naming Aldric McKinstry Jr., the Black 18-year-old police shot and killed in the same incident. The city fired Lynn from the Lansing Fire Department in 2021 after he published former Lansing Police Chief Daryl Green's city-issued cell phone number. Mayor Schor has no involvement in termination decisions against any firefighter, including this one." The arbitrator ruled in favor of the city and that the city acted properly in his termination. "Normally we do not comment on active litigation, however, this issue has been grieved and arbitrated through a process the plaintiff agreed to and fully participated in. "The city has not been served, but our attorneys will review it and respond vigorously," Bean said in a statement. Scott Batey, Lynn's attorney, did not respond to a request for comment.īean said the city will vigorously defend the lawsuit. His attorney said at the time they'd look into other options. In a separate grievance process over Lynn's 2021 termination that concluded in January 2023, an arbitrator upheld the city's termination of Lynn's employment. In a statement, city spokesperson Scott Bean said the lawsuit is from a "disgruntled former employee who continues to waste taxpayer resources by filing a lawsuit on a termination that has already been challenged and decided."
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