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Ex-firefighter gets year in prison for hanging Black doll to threaten neighbors

  A retired firefighter in Grapevine, Texas was sentenced to a year in prison on hate crime charges after hanging a

Blue Telusma / October 25, 2018

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Outrage after firefighter who spit on Black child, used N-word, at Hooters found not guilty despite eye-witness testimony

A Kansas City firefighter accused of spitting on a 3-year-old black child, threatening the boy’s grandfather and using a racial

TheGrio / May 10, 2018

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Firefighter reinstated after spitting on and hurling n-word at Black toddler

Terrence Jeremy Skeen, a 42-year-old, 15-year veteran of the Kansas City Fire Department has regained his job as a first

TheGrio Staff / April 18, 2018

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Firefighter fired after sharing racist McDonald’s meme on Facebook

A Springfield, Ohio firefighter is terminated after sharing racist McDonald's meme on social media account

Blue Telusma / March 18, 2018

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Black Muslim firefighter sues New York City for racism and discrimination

Rashan Hassan, who has been a FDNY firefighter for over 12 years, has sued the department for discrimination and false

Jasmine 'Jazzi' Johnson / March 15, 2018

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‘F- -k them cops’: New York fire captain targeted for singing ‘anti-police’ rap lyrics

A rapper whose lyrics are were deemed to be anti-police has been ‘outed’ by the New York Post for living

TheGrio Staff / August 22, 2016

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Mother claims ‘racist’ firefighter refused ice for her 11-year-old son’s nosebleed

Stacey Claiborne had just stopped at a fire station when her 11-year-old son had a nosebleed. She sent in her

TheGrio Staff / August 19, 2016