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Five Black Winston-Salem firefighters have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Winston-Salem and fire Chief William "Trey" Mayo alleging racial discrimination in hiring, promotion, discipline, harassment and retaliation. The firefighters are all members of the Omnibus group, which has called for the firing of Mayo and some other white fire employees since last summer. Three of the firefighters filing suit currently work in the department and two are former employees. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday, Feb. 11, in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Citing wh...

It was an ordinary day of training at the Winston-Salem Fire Department in November 2019. Firefighters were beefing up on ropes and knot-tying skills when a symbol of hate interrupted the class. Michael Chapman, a white fireman, tied a noose and held it up to Darius Johnson, one of his Black counterparts in the department, then asked if Johnson knew what type of knot it was. Nooses were tied around the necks of thousands of Black men and women who were lynched during the Jim Crow era. When Johnson reported the racially charged gesture to his higher-ups, it spiraled all the way up the command...