Virginia firefighter suspended without pay over alleged Facebook comments

  • Source: NBC12.com
  • Published: 12/28/2016 12:00 AM

A Henrico firefighter has been suspended without pay from work over comments he allegedly made on Facebook. NBC12 is choosing not to identify the firefighter because he has not been charged with a crime. In part, the comments posted read that a woman was "trying to find her black baby daddy...so she can get an EBT card and a check." The profanity-laced comments also take aim at President Obama and the first lady. Others are too obscene to print. In the comment, the firefighter says he’s "tired of having diversity shoved down our throats and hiring people based on skin color or gender, even though they aren’t fully qualified." Henrico County's director of human resources says the firefighter has worked for the fire department for more than a decade but has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation.



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