He also points a finger at Radnor Police Chief Bill Colarulo. In the suit, Lai names four Radnor police officers who allegedly “racially targeted” him. But, he maintains, his career took a nosedive when he started working for Radnor. He made numerous arrests for murder, rape and armed robbery while in Philadelphia. Prior to joining the Radnor force, Lai worked for the Philadelphia Police Department for 17 years and investigated Asian organized crime for the Pennsylvania State Attorney General’s Office. He also alleges rampant racial profiling on the part of the Radnor Police Department. Lai says that he was discriminated against by members of the department because of his ethnicity. Lai is Vietnamese, the brother of well-regarded Philadelphia restaurateur Benny Lai and Tina Lurie, who married Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie in 2013. Just two years later, he’s no longer employed by the department, and he’s filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Radnor police in Philadelphia’s federal court, alleging discrimination. Nick Lai was hired by the Radnor Township Police Department in May 2013. Photo via the Radnor Police Department website

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