Article: HERO CLAIMS RACISM AT MERRILL LYNCH FORMER BROKER FILES A COMPLAINT

Six months ago, Steven Lively was a hero at Merrill Lynch. Yesterday, he felt like an outcast.

Lively, a 6-foot-5-inch, 260-pound former Boston College fullback who in April tackled and subdued a fellow worker charged with gunning down his boss, yesterday charged his employers with racial discrimination in a complaint filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

"This is an emotional time for me now," the 30-year-old black stockbroker said yesterday. "I've asked for help. They've given me scorn."

Lively, a Merrill Lynch broker for only three months at the

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