Six firefighters are out of a job after a racist incident.
On Sept. 9th a City of Miami Fire Lieutenant discovered his family photos were defaced with lewd and sexually explicit drawings with a noose draped over one of the photos.
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City of Miami Fire Chief, Joseph Zahralban, says a Captain, Lieutenant and four firefighters were terminated for the offenses.
Those terminated — William W. Bryson, Kevin Meizoso, David Rivera, Justin Rumbaugh, Harold Santana, and Alejandro Sese — allegedly defaced the family photos belonging to a black lieutenant, taking the pictures of his wife, children and his mother out of their picture frames and drew “graphic and obscene phallic renderings” on the images, before returning them to their frames.
"It is the policy of the Department of Fire Rescue to provide a workplace for all of our employees that is free from intimidation, threats or violent acts," said Miami Fire Chief Zahralban.
Officers held a press conference regarding the matter on Friday. You can watch that entire press conference here:
Five other firefighters are still under investigation.
Officials will release more information during a press conference Friday.