McRae v. Hogan

The trial court failed to address the plaintiff's substantive claims of racial profiling, negligent supervision, negligent retention, and harassment in her suit alleging that the arresting officer racially profiled and stopped her without reasonable suspicion.

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At about 1:00 a.m. on September 23, 2005, Margie McRae, a retired surgeon from California, was pulled over while driving 25 mph in a 35 mph zone on the way to her vacation home on St. Simons Island. She contends she was the target of racial profiling, and in October 2007, she filed suit in the Superior Court of Glynn County against the arresting officer, other officers, the chief of police, and several Glynn County commissioners. As part of an extended and convoluted procedural history, summary judgment was granted in favor of the defendants. McRae, acting pro se, appeals that and other rulings. Additional motions remain pending below.

The record shows that on September 21, 2007, McRae filed a complaint for damages, raising four claims, which, in her own words, are 1 racial profiling; 2 negligent supervision; 3 negligent retention; and 4 harassment. She asserts that Officer Barbara Hartman “profiled and stopped” her based on her race and without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing; that even though Hartman had determined that McRae had a valid license, she gave McRae a verbal warning for an invalid license; and that she filed a false police report. McRae alleges that the other defendants are liable because they failed to properly supervise Hartman; their response to McRae’s complaint shows bias and “a pattern of lack of objectivity in responding to concerns”; and they “engaged in a course of conduct that has driven plaintiff away from her home on St. Simons Island.” In support she alleged several prior incidents have occurred between her and the various defendants.

McRae v. Hogan

The trial court failed to address the plaintiff's substantive claims of racial profiling, negligent supervision, negligent retention, and harassment in her suit alleging that the arresting officer racially profiled and stopped her without reasonable suspicion.

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