It seems like we could never get to the end of the assault for her moving to other things. Johnson said Rogers had heard complaints from the staff members about how they were being treated during their interviews with the state police. The staff put their statements in writing. Rogers felt that Plumb's investigation was biased against black employees. Johnson and Rogers are black.
Plumb is white.
There were only three white workers dealing directly with the kids, and they were reporting most of the kids' abuse allegations. Abuse allegations involved black children and white children. Whitney was surprised by the controversy. Concerned, Whitney set up a DYS committee to look at several issues, including racial tension and abuse reporting. The handful of staff members who did write up abuse allegations felt threatened by co-workers.