Racial Comments, Backlash Cost At Least Eight U.S. Municipal Officials Their Jobs

Racial Comments, Backlash Cost At Least Eight U.S. Municipal Officials Their Jobs

TOPLINE

Racially insensitive comments following the death of George Floyd have led to the resignations of at least eight public officials nationwide, a Forbes analysis shows.

A woman holds a Black Lives Matter flag along with protesters holding signs during the Occupy City ... [+] Hall Protest and Car Caravan in Chicago, Illinois, on August 3, 2020. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)



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Since June 5, at least four mayors, three council members and one fire chief have stepped down, based on a review of local news coverage, following community outrage over inflammatory comments.





Larry Brown, a Republican county councilman