Robert Tutman v. Wbbm-Tv, Inc./cbs, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2000-04-20

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KANNE, Circuit Judge. CBS producer Robert Vasilopulos testified that “it was simply a joke” when he told Robert Tutman, an African-American CBS cameraman, about a comedic movie called Niggers with Hats and parroted a phrase from the movie by telling Tutman to “[g]et the fuck out of the office before I pop a cap in your ass.” Tutman, however, viewed the comm…

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