Burbank P.D. accused of bias

For years, the Burbank Police Department has systematically discriminated against minority and women officers and tolerated racial, ethnic and gender slurs against them, the lawyer for five officers suing the city and department alleged Monday. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

And when the department has hired and promoted minority officers, it has chosen only those who were "white enough," attorney Solomon E. Gresen said.

"What's going on in Burbank, let's make no mistake - it's illegal," Gresen told a news conference at his West Los Angeles office.