The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department’s highest-ranked female Black officer filed a racial and gender discrimination lawsuit against the department and several of its leaders, alleging that she has been subjected to years of harassment, bullying, false accusations and ridicule.

Capt. Komako Goolsby, who has served in the fire department since 2006, was the first African-American woman promoted to captain in September 2022, according to her lawsuit filed in the Common Pleas Court of Lucas County, Ohio and obtained by Atlanta Black Star.

Since then, some of her fellow officers have turned against her, she claims, investigating and disciplining her for minor infractions, and making false and slanderous statements about her online.

In October 2022, Lt. Joseph Zuber, who is white, made an alle

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