One week after an all-white police department in North Carolina resigned, all of whom cited a “hostile” work environment allegedly created by the town’s recently hired Black, female manager, residents are alleging that the mass exodus was racially motivated.
“They don’t want to be led by anybody Black; that’s Kenly. They’re always harassing Black people. It’s racial,” said long-time resident Cynthia Kirby of Kenly, North Carolina, in an interview with the News & Observer.
