A small town in N. Carolina called Kenly is up in arms over a Black woman that was hired as the Town Manager. This surprised residents that the police chief Josh Gibson, who has been in his position for 21 years, decided to call it quits along with the remainder of the force after a black woman, Justine Jones, described as a “progressive and responsible Town Manager” took office a little less than a month ago. The police chief who is white as well as the others who have resigned stated Jones has created a hostile work environment and they can’t work with her.
Even before the resignations, the department had been short-staffed, down from a norm of eight officers to five, the cops said – one of several complaints aired in the letter.
They were joined by two town clerks who also accused the new manager, a progressive black woman who unsuccessfully sued her previous employer for gender and racial discrimination.
Those accusations came after she had been terminated, and her suit was subsequently dismissed.
The manager, Justine Jones, was hired last month – nearly eight years after her firing – an acquisition the town touted in a press release at the time.
Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson, however, did not share such enthusiasm Wednesday, when he and the six other city workers penned strongly worded letters to Jones giving their two-week notices.
Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson and four other officers who comprise the five-man North Carolina police force resigned on Wednesday, citing a ‘hostile’ work environment created by the town’s newly elected manager. Gibson said he would consider returning if the official – a black woman who unsuccessfully sued her last employer over gender and race discrimination
