Colorado Springs’ First Black Mayor in Hot Water After Implication in Hate-Crime Hoax at Federal Trial

Colorado Springs’ First Black Mayor in Hot Water After Implication in Hate-Crime Hoax at Federal Trial

A federal jury convicted a trio for staging a hate crime that boosted Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s campaign—while testimony and evidence suggest the mayor himself may have been involved in the hoax and later misled the FBI. Key Facts: Mayor Yemi Mobolade won his 2023 election after a staged hate crime appeared to target him with racial slurs and a burning cross. Derrick Bernard, now serving life for an unrelated crime, testified that …

Colorado Springs mayor implicated in hate crime hoax that helped get him elected

by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2025 Real World News A radio host convicted of staging a cross burning to help sway the Colorado Springs mayoral election in favor of Yemi Mobolade has testified that the mayor was in on the hoax, reports say. Mobolade, a left-leaning independent in the traditional Republican city, won the 2023 […]