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Sunday, October 11, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Racial Discrimination

SMITHFIELD, N.C. - The Johnston (N.C.) Memorial Hospital Authority fired a black worker for taking a white female patient into his office with the door closed for about 5 minutes to try to calm her down, though white male employees had done similar things without being fired or reprimanded, the former worker claims in Johnston County Court.

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