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Complaint Accuses Ex-Texans GM Brian Gaine Of 'Targeting' Black Employees with Firings

A former Texans security coordinator filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that former general manager Brian Gaine targeted African-American employees for termination through his tenure.

“It appeared, and I believe, that he was targeting all minorities in leadership positions and was set to replace them with non-African-Americans. Which he did,” the former security coordinator, Jeff Pope, wrote in a discrimination complaint obtained by USA Today.

Pope was told the team would be dismissing him on May 8 because he didn't have a background in law enforcement, he wrote in the complaint.