Missouri woman fired after post against police support sign
(AP) — A black Missouri woman says she was fired from her job after criticizing a coffee shop on social media for displaying a "Back the Blue" sign supporting police.
Brandi Wilson told the Southeast Missourian newspaper that she found the sign at Ground-A-Bout in Jackson, Missouri, disconcerting as an African-American who once lived in Ferguson, where officers and protesters clashed following the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown.
Wilson, a college student in Cape Girardeau, said she was fired from the Barrel 131 bar in Jackson after criticizing the sign in an Aug. 8 posting on Ground-A-Bout's Facebook page.