Golden Colorado racist incident leadership fallout

Following a racist incident involving a Snoop Dogg doll at the Golden Fire Department, Golden City Council terminated City Manager Scott Vargo and Fire Chief Kasey Beal over their handling of the incident. Internal communications revealed city leaders deemed their initial response to the incident as unacceptable.

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