Fire company in Delaware County (PA) shut down after racist remarks caught on video call

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Feb 11, 2022
BREAKING: A Pennslyvania firefighter company is suspended for 30 days after its members are caught on a virtual meeting using racial slurs and making vile jokes about an 8-year-old Black girl who was shot and killed by police. RT IF YOU THINK THEY MUST BE FIRED!

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Fire company in Delaware County shut down after racist remarks caught on video call
The original call was to discuss the consolidation of services between the Briarcliffe, Goodwill, and Darby fire companies.
1:02 PM · Feb 11, 2022

https://6abc.com/briarcliffe-fire-company-station-75-firefighters-racist-remarks-shutdown/11553165/

GLENOLDEN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Briarcliffe Fire Company Station 75 is silent. No firetrucks and no firefighters are moving inside or outside.

It comes after the fire company was temporarily shut down following allegations of racist remarks by firefighters who thought their video call conversation was private.

The original call was to discuss the consolidation of services between the Briarcliffe, Goodwill, and Darby Township fire companies.

When county and state officials got off the call, members of the Briarcliffe Fire Company allegedly stayed on and engaged in a discussion that included racial slurs and disparaging remarks about African Americans in the area.

"A bunch of f---ing n--- down there," one man can be heard saying while discussing the all-Black Darby Township Fire Company. There were also comments about Darby's chief.

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Why weren't these racist fuckers fired?

[CrackityJones75]

1. What is a fire company?

Fire department?

[Nevilledog]

2. I take it as all the firefighters that manned this specific station.

[orwell]

3. I have worked for fire and police departments...

...as an IT consultant.

While I have never heard overt racism, the disdain for the general public, especially the poor is sometimes shocking.

Let's just say that the testosterone level can get pretty high at times.

It has gotten better now that there are some women firefighter/paramedics on staff.

There also is a clear anti-government attitude even though I point out to them that they are the government (county employees).

There is also a general lack of concern over Covid, even though their exposure level is higher than in most professions.

Frankly this article doesn't surprise me at all.