Civil Rights Feds File Fair Housing Suit Charging Landlord With Discriminatory Practices, Use Of Slurs, Harassment, Retaliation Targeting Black Tenants

From the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.):

• The Justice Department announced [] that it has filed a Fair Housing Act lawsuit against the owners and manager of approximately two dozen rental homes in Washington, N,C., alleging that the manager, William I. Cochran III, discriminated against African-American tenants.
  
  The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, names Cochran and three related corporate entities – EKP LLC, WRC LLC and Emlan Properties LLC – that own or owned the various properties managed by Cochran.
  
  The complaint alleges that Cochran delayed or refused to perform maintenance or repairs at properties rented by African-Americans and refused to credit them for repairs they paid for or made themselves; verbally harassed African-American tenants with racial slurs and epithets, having made statements indicating that he disfavored African-American tenants; and threatened, harassed and retaliated against African-American tenants who resisted his discriminatory housing practices.

For the Justice Department press release, see Justice Department Sues Owners and Manager of Rental Homes in North Carolina for Engaging in Race Discrimination.

For the lawsuit, see U.S. v. Cochran, et al.