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Sportshour: 'If not me, then who?' Tiara Brown sues the police

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"No one in my family wanted me to be a police officer“ – Tiara Brown

25/09/2021 GMT

'If not me, then who?' Tiara Brown sues the police

BBC World Service - Sportshour, 'If not me, then who?' Tiara Brown sues the police

Professional boxer and officer Tiara Brown on suing the police department she worked for

Professional boxer and police officer Tiara Brown on suing the Washington DC police department for racial and sexual discrimination.

Tiara Brown is one of the leading names in women's boxing and until a year ago was an award-winning police officer in Washington DC. Back in December, she told Sportshour she left the department feeling they were unwilling to instigate change following the murder of George Floyd. Now, in the first case of its kind, Tiara, and nine other black female officers, have filed a lawsuit against the capitols Police Department citing allegations of sexual harassment and marginalisation. We hear from lawyer Pamela Keith and Tiara.

We find out what it's like to sink the winning putt for Europe in the Ryder Cup played in the USA. That's what Irish golfer Phillip Walton did in 1995. He tells us about that experience and why it was bittersweet.

It is the AFL Grand Final between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. Despite this year's final being between two teams based in Melbourne, the game is being played in Western Australia because Melbourne is in a Covid lockdown and Perth is not. We are joined by Cheryl Critchley who runs the AFL fans Association.

(Photo: Tiara Brown between rounds against Vanessa Bradford at Generoso Pope Athletic Complex on October 24, 2019, in New York City. Credit: Edward Diller/Getty Images)

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