Obama’s British Cousin Sues Cops For Bullying, Including Farting Near Her Desk

A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. British police on Monday arrested a dozen men suspected of plotting a large-scale ter... A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. British police on Monday arrested a dozen men suspected of plotting a large-scale terror attack _ the biggest anti-terrorist sweep since April 2009, when 12 men were detained over an alleged al-Qaida bomb plot in the northern city of Manchester. The men were arrested in London, the Welsh city of Cardiff and the English cities of Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori) MORE LESS

President Obama’s cousin British cousin, Marie Auma, filed a lawsuit against London’s Metropolitan police, saying officers bullied her by farting near her desk and doing other things that made her feel “belittled” and “humiliated,” The Guardian reported on Wednesday.

Auma, 57, said officers and colleagues bullied her when she worked as a civilian in the telephone investigations bureau, according to the report.

She said that two colleagues broke wind by her desk at the police station in “an attempt to belittle her and humiliate her,” Auma’s lawyer told The Guardian.

Auma said she worked in an environment of “oppressive managing,” according to the publication.

Auma also said she was denied leave to visit her brothers’ graves after they died in a car crash in Kenya, and she received increased responsibilities at work which led to stress and health problems, according to the report.

She is suing for £400,000.

Auma attended Obama’s inauguration in 2009 with her aunt and Obama’s stepmother, Kezia Obama, according to the publication.

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  1. Well, now! Finally…some real news!

  2. “Farting near her desk?”

    Well, now the Teabaggers know why they are not invited to the White House.

  3. More proof that Obama’s trying to import Sharia Law to America.

  4. This guy seems to have a big family spread across the world.

  5. Farts are pretty weak bullying … in the US police harassment all too frequently involves gunfire, particularly for people of Auma’s heritage.

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