By Ed Gallek
WOIO
CLEVELAND — New promotions coming up in the Cleveland Fire Department are sparking hard questions about race. Dozens of bosses get promoted, and the figures disturb a minority firefighters group.
City Hall says 17 new captains will be named, but only one is a minority. And 25 new lieutenants, but only five of them are minorities.
Rudy Buffington heads the Vanguards of Cleveland, and he told 19 Action News, “It’s not that it’s not about color. It is about color. Everything’s about color. It’s about diversity in the workforce. And the City of Cleveland deserves it.”
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