A federal discrimination lawsuit has been filed against the City of Danbury by a former employee. 

58-year-old Marlene Moore-Callands, who is black, claims her supervisors treated her differently due to her race.  She retired after 30 years in the tax collection and permit center.  She claims in the suit that unlike other employees she was denied overtime work and was not compensated for working during lunch. 

The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that Moore-Callands also alleges that after a heated discussion with a contractor over NFL players kneeling during the anthem, where the contractor told her to go back to Africa, that a manager told her was was too sensitive.  The complaint alleges that a manager also approved of displays of the Confederate flag.  She claims the city knew about the alleged behavior, but officials took no action. 

The city denies wrongdoing.  The lawsuit seeks attorney fees and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.