NEW YORK (AP) — A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its members after state Attorney General Letitia James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony last week.
The Democrat, whose office won a $355 million penalty against the Republican former president for lying about his wealth last month, faced a chorus of jeers as she addressed a department promotions ceremony Thursday in Brooklyn.
a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony last week
Donald Trump was on TV bragging about “owning the tallest building in downtown Manhattan now” while 343 of your colleagues were lying dead under the rubble of the twin towers on the morning of 9/11. He does not give a single shit about any of you.
I doubt most of those ones chanting were even there or were more than children when this all happened. They never got to feel the pain, but they’ve enjoyed the hero worship that NY put on firefighters after 9/11.
Firefighters are some of the biggest assholes I’ve ever met.
I don’t know… Most firefighters I’ve met were decent. And you don’t hear many songs titled “fuck the fire department”.
Trump was a Democrat back then, but his personality has never changed. As you said, he does not give a shit about anyone. Left or right politics, it’s just who he is.
That’s great, we’ve got terrorists who are paid to put out fires. Really great.
Trump loves the poorly educated for a reason
NY firefighters, like cops have been hailed as golden heroes since 9/11 and it really went to their head. Most of these guys weren’t even there, but they act like the city needs to suck their dick constantly.
Hopefully they will be arrested very soon. The whole institution is corrupt and needs to be defunded.
Don’t fret. Fear not the terrorist firefighters. We have terrorists at every level and in every position of our social fabric. I’m sure that’s going to work out well for everyone.
Will they refuse to help if you have a rainbow flag next?
According to science, probability
not.Edit: fixed typo
I don‘t think that article says what you think it says. First we need to accept your comparison and generalize the study to question wether law enforcement will treat you differently because of political views. And then it clearly states that the LOE treated the participants differently (negatively), because of the political views:
„Nevertheless, he concluded that it is statistically unlikely that this number of previously ‘safe’ drivers could amass such a collection of tickets without assuming real bias by police against drivers with Black Panther bumper stickers.“
Note that the “Nevertheless“ is in the context of the police only using the political bumper stickers as reason for citation only once. The rest of the citations were for other reasons. The participants had not been cited in all their driving in the year prior without the stickers. This leads to the mentioned statement by the author
You are correct. I miss-typed.
Why are you booing her, she’s right.
She committed heresy against their god.
I’m amazed they aren’t throwing stones.
I suppose it just goes to show you don’t really need to have a lot going on upstairs to be a firefighter. Anyone who still supports Trump at this point needs examining for lead poisoning
The uninformed and stupid and then there’s mind numbingly idiotic
These are the people trying to take away healthcare from the heroes of 9/11
This reminds me of my union brothers at work, who continue to vote for anti union conservative politicians. It’s infuriating.
That’s the epitome of “got mine, fuck you”
Disclaimer: I am not, nor will I ever be a T supporter. I’d rather not even spell the rest of the name.
However, I have to agree with the union here. If these ceremonies tend to have a certain carnivalesque nature, can these firefighters be charged with more than bad taste?
It’d be a different story if these people were standing and chanting on the ashes of somebody’s newly ex-residense.
It’s not explicit from the article one way or the other, but the “investigation” seems to refer to officials from the fire department, which doesn’t imply that charges are being considered but instead that questions about policy adherence have been raised.
It’s a poorly written article, with polarizing ambiguity.
I didn’t mean to imply that charges were being considered. That’s my bad.
This is the State Attorney General. You respect the position if not the person.
This is 100% unacceptable behavior.
In a courtroom, sure. Anywhere else, she’s nothing more than a politician, and getting booed comes with the territory.
In fact it is part of the very first amendment of the Constitution. The right to freedom of religion. The right to freedom of speech. The right to public assembly. The freedom of the press. The freedom to redress our grievances with our government.
Personally I think it looks like a financial assassination attempt, and not a good precedent. I think it’s short-sighted and it’s going to come back around and bite some Democrats in the ass too.
America is an ouroboros of ass biting. It’s tit-for-tat all the way down.
I disagree, I’m as left as they get but to have my job threatened because I nonviolently disapproved of someone is a terrible precedent to set. Would it really be okay for someone to dig up all the negative comments about supreme court justices on here and fire anyone who posted them?
They’re not in danger for expressing their opinion. They’re in trouble for being disruptive rabble rousers on the clock.
Why the fuck would I respect some lawyer outside the courtroom?
Oh would you stop clutching your pearls? You mean to tell me that if Ken Paxton walked into the room you’d clap out of absolute deference?
Ah yes, “respect my authority and ignore the first amendment or I’ll ‘investigate’ you and put you in jail”… Where have I heard that before…?
Username checks out.
