Multnomah County, Oregon, to pay $100K to employee who complained about ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag

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(CNN)An African-American employee who claimed she was subject to stress and racial harassment after she complained about a coworker’s “Blue Lives Matter” flag and after she put up an “equity wall” has settled her lawsuit with an Oregon county, her attorney said Friday.As part of the $100,000 agreement, Karimah Guion-Pledgure resigned from her job with the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, her attorney, Ashlee Albies, said in an email.Guion-Pledgure, who was a corrections technician until Friday, can reapply for other positions, Albies said.