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facts. We summarize those that appear relevant to plaintiffs’ claims and the issues on appeal. In November 2015, Connolly was elected to the District’s Board. In December 2018, the District’s chief of police retired, and the Board appointed Parenti as District manager and authorized him to find a chief of police. A month later, the Board appointed Parenti as chief of police. Connolly, who was chair of the Board at the time, pressured Parenti to recommend him for the chief of police position. In March 2019, Connolly reopened an adjourned Board meeting to have the Board vote for him as chief of police, which was in violation of conflict-of- interest laws. In May 2019, Connolly was sworn in as chief of police and Parenti remained District manager. Connolly began to recruit his close friends as part-time reserve officers, then promoted them to command-level positions without any selection process. Plaintiffs observed the new staff, particularly defendants Banta and Tobin, make derogatory, disparaging, and discriminatory comments regarding age, race, religion, and gender. When Connolly was told of Banta’s rhetoric, Connolly stated that was “just Banta’s nature and to look past it.”

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