BOISE, Idaho — A retired Boise police captain who has espoused white supremacist views and prompted an in-depth investigation of potential racism at the Boise Police Department filed a complaint against the city with the Idaho Human Rights Commission in November.
Matthew Bryngelson, a nearly 24-year veteran of the department who oversaw the patrol division and retired in August, alleges age and disability discrimination in a complaint filed with Idaho’s Human Rights Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The complaint was filed Nov. 8, less than two weeks before Bryngelson’s racist views became public. An attorney who filed the complaint, J. Grady Hepworth, told the Idaho Statesman by phone that his firm no longer represents Bryngelson, but declined to comment further. Bryngelson could not be reached for comment.
