Lawsuit: Suburban landlord’s refusal to rent to people with arrest records equals racial discrimination

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According to the complaint, the property manager ran a background check and discovered that Robert Johnson, who is Black, had been arrested for possession of a licensed gun in 2015. The case was dismissed a year later, the complaint says, but the property manager allegedly said it didn’t matter: Johnson had 30 days to leave or his rent would be doubled.

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