DUPREE WAS FIRED QUICK, BUT DCF SLOW IN HIRING HIM BACK

This is a story that has appeared on the DCF Plantation Blog several times. Resean Dupree is a 33 year old black man that is still waiting for justice within Department of Children & Families ... Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Dupree was a Youth Service Officer at CJTS without any blemish on his record for years. To be honest in ten years of working for various state agencies Dupree's record is spotless. However while working at CJTS Dupree, in order to quell a fight between several youth.. placed them in an unauthorized hold or restraint. Dupree is an avid weight lifter built like a Greek god, he certainly was not trying to hurt the youth he restrained at CJTS. However in April of 2015 Dupree was placed on paid administrative leave for placing the youth in a so- called unapproved hold. We need to understand that what happened to Dupree came after The Childs Advocate office conducted a lengthy investigation about resident abuse through unauthorized restraints by YSOs. The resulting circus from this investigation included tours by legislators in Hartford, news stories, and white administrators looking for scapegoats. Well white folks found and targeted Dupree as their victim-"the usual suspect.. blame it on the huge black male." Dupree received notice on September 2, 2015 of being terminated from CJTS.

Now if we fast forward there seems to be a happy ending to this sordid tale of targeting another black male for harsh disciplinary action within the DCF Plantation. Dupree through an arbitrator's decision was reinstated to his job, with full back pay etc. Hold on. Why is Dupree still not back at the job ? He received the fair arbitration hearing decision Sept. 1, 2016, yet white administrators are slow in placing the black man back on his job. Dupree has been vindicated in some respects but feels betrayed. When administrators needed some sort of sacrifice to appease the Child Advocate and howling mob Dupree became expendable. Throughout the history of America black men and women were used to justify racist practices. In the past lynchings or other means were used to keep black people in line. In 2016 the white power structure uses policy and procedure in workplace settings to justify racial excesses against people like Dupree. DCF / CJTS fired Dupree before the world in hideous fashion, making him the poster child of beast like restraint at CJTS. Now these same people have the unmitigated gall to move slowly in giving the brother his job back.
Please forgive me readers, this is just to much to take.

Please call CJTS Superintendent William Rosenbeck at (860) 638-2420 and ask for Resean Dupree to be reinstated immediately.