Should an Anchor/Reporter be fired or resign from their job because of who they are married to?

A group in Minneapolis say yes and they want WCCO Anchor/Reporter Liz Collin to resign or be fired, because of her husband.

Collin is married to Bob Kroll, the head of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis who has been the subject of similar demands to step down in the wake of George Floyd's death for what Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy "long history of bigoted remarks and complaints of violence made against him."

Kroll, who has been with the Minneapolis Police Department for more than 30 years and president of the union for about five years, sent a letter this week to officers, commending them for their work during the George Floyd protests. Kroll defended the four officers who have since been charged in connection to Floyd's in-custody death, saying they were fired from their jobs without due process.

WCCO has kept Collin off stories that involved the police department, but some think that is not good enough and that she needs to leave the station.

WCCO has addresed the situation both during newscasts and online, with a statement saying: "WCCO-TV anchor/reporter Liz Collin is married to Bob Kroll. To avoid any potential conflict of interest, Liz has not reported on Minneapolis Police and Minneapolis Police Union issues for at least two-and-a-half years.”

Collin's social media pages have been inundated with comments – some abusive – about her husband and his role in city police.

A number of people are calling for her to be fired.

There was a protest outside WCCO and people were demanding that Collin resign or be let go.

This is obviously difficult for others that work at WCCO and it is certainly distracting from their work. But, should someone resign or be fired because of whom they are married to?

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H/T BringMeTheNews