McNeil faces alawsuitfiled by a groupof police officers, including Paul Martin. In it,McNeil is charged with allowing misconduct to occur and retaliatingagainst those who reported it.
Attorney Sherrod Banks told the gathering of reporters that none of thecharges put forth in the lawsuit are true. He specifically addressed anitem accusing McNeil of being too lenient on a sergeant in trouble.
Banks ran down the complete list of charges from the lawsuit and saideach was either untrue or rumor.
Banks went on to say that McNeil is tired of hearing about thesechargesand decided to relate his side of the story. McNeil did not appear at thepress conference.
McNeil recently delegated his administrative duties to another officerto head up a task force geared toward reducing crime in Durham. He saidhe made the move on his own, and that he intends to return to his dutiessoon.
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