Report: 9 NYC firefighters suspended over racist messages
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) New York City officials have suspended nine firefighters without pay in connection with a string of racist messages and memes they shared on their phones, including ones that mocked the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, according to a published report.
A spokesperson called the suspensions the most severe punishments ever handed down in the history of the Fire Department of the City of New York, The New York Times reported in Fridays editions.
After looking into complaints by several Black firefighters, the department suspended the nine firefighters without pay for periods ranging from a few days to six months, Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. One of the firefighters is expected to leave the agency after his suspension ends, Nigro said. In addition, three fire department officers were reprimanded.
In the messages and memes last April, white firefighters mocked Floyds dying moments with Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvins knee on his neck, the Times reported. It said they also exchanged other racist messages, including one about the use of fire hoses on protesters.
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)enlightenment/understanding/wokeness. At least I hope so.
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)we can do it
(12,116 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)ooh... three of the officers were also reprimanded. Sick fucks.
joetheman
(1,450 posts)madville
(7,397 posts)Getting fired there is pretty hard.
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)winstars
(4,213 posts)Cozmo
(1,402 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)"NY's Strongest" - is the NY Sanitation Department.
"NY's Boldest" - is the NY Correction's Department.
"NY's Best" - FDNY Emergency Medical Services.
"NY's Proudest" - NY Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)The era of tRumpf opened all the doors...and they were emboldened when they saw there were millions of other hateful, racist pathetic souls just like themselves.
It's going to take a generation to clean this up.
Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)Morons, racist to the core. Im a strong believer in the 1st Amendment, but some people need regulation broadcasting on social media. The platforms that profit from letting people yell fire in a digital crowded theater need to be controlled.
Starting with Facebook.
Peregrine Took
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