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Fired Toledo Recruit Claims Instructors Taught Him Wrong Way Because of His Race
A firefighter recruit who failed a final practical exercise involving ventilating a roof with a chainsaw and then failed a retest, is now suing Toledo claiming instructors gave him wrong information so he would be terminated. Major Smith III is accusing the city, the mayor, the fire chief and retired fire chief of race discrimination.
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