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Jury: Black bikers' race was a factor, but city won't pay

by Michelle Liu
| December 11, 2020 8:06 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was motivated by race when it created a traffic plan designed to “suck the fun” out of Black Bike Week, a federal jury has found. But the same jury sided against the bikers, saying the city probably would have imposed the plan anyway.

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