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BOSTON (AP) - The seven police officers swore they didn't use cocaine, yet their hair tested positive for the drug. The officers — all of them black — were promptly fired or suspended.
"I was in complete and utter shock," said Officer Shawn Noel Harris. "I know that I never used drugs a day in my life."
The Boston officers are now suing the police department, claiming the mandatory drug test is unreliable and racially biased. They say hair testing is unfair because drug compounds show up more readily in dark hair than light hair.
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