A former employee of a Hartford-based waste-processing facility has sued the company, claiming his supervisor made repeated racist comments and even painted a swastika in his work space.

In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Michael Brockman, who is black, alleged the harassment and bigoted comments were so bad that he resigned after nine months on the job because the company failed to protect him from the abusive behavior.

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