A Black firefighter in Charleston, South Carolina, filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the St. John’s Fire District and its fire chief, alleging they failed to fully investigate a noose he discovered tied around the neck of a dark-skinned CPR training mannequin and then treated him as a suspect.
Randy Brown, who has been a firefighter in the Low Country Area Fire District for 18 years, says he immediately reported the September 2025 incident to his captain and a battalion chief. He urged the department to investigate the incident and issue a statement condemning racial harassment to its workforce…