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A Black firefighter is accusing the city of discrimination based on the Philadelphia Fire Department’s policy that restricts certain hairstyles. Bariq Fluellen, who has been working as a firefighter ...
DETROIT, MI -- A "bad call," "racially insensitive," "ignorant" and a "joke gone bad" are some of the social media reactions offered after a probationary Detroit firefighter was fired for bringing ...
A black fireman endured racists taunts, had his helmet filled with urine and was openly mocked during a campaign of bullying at three fire stations, a tribunal has heard. By Chris Irvine 29 ...
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) -- A former New York firefighter said stupidity, not racism, spurred him to set a fire that destroyed a black colleague's apartment. Matthew Jurado was sentenced Friday ...
Stacey Claiborne was driving in Petersburg, Virginia on Friday when her 11-year-old son's nose began bleeding. She went to a fire station for ice but was denied by a fireman she says was racist.