Ryan Hudson is former firefighter for the Belding Fire Department based in Belding, Michigan. ^[undefined] He is a former U.S. Marine. ^[undefined]

On December 12, 2016, Hudson was fired from his position after he allegedly made racist comments on his Facebook page. ^[1] He had got into a heated exchange after Tarvenia, a black woman from California, commented on a post about President-elect Donald Trump criticizing war veterans like Senator John McCain. ^{[1] [undefined]}

In one response, Hudson wrote: 'F t black lives kiss my a**]]b nd go back to the fields that us in the north fought to free you from.'^[1]

After his firing, he said he was sorry for his actions and said he was drinking at the time. ^{[1] [undefined]}