THE ACT WAS SEXIST AND RACIST.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE
TRUTH.
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T JUST A
FIGURINE UP THERE DANCING
AROUND.
IT WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOLL.
IT HAD A PINK NOOSE AROUND HIS
NECK.
>> THIS WOMAN DIDN'T WANT US TO
USE HER NAME BUT SHE SAID HER
RELATIVE, A BRAND-NEW
FIREFIGHTER, WAS THE TARGET.
>> SHE WAS THE ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THAT UNIT
AND SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE.
>> IT WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT?
>> PLAIN SIGHT.
>> WHAT DID SHE SAY WHEN SHE SAW
THIS?
>> SHE WAS JUST DISTRAUGHT AND
SHE WAS ASKING WHAT SHOULD SHE
DO?
>> THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN THE
FOCUS OF A SEVERAL MONTH LONG
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION JUST MADE
PUBLIC SUNDAY NIGHT.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
THAT PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT IT AND
DID NOTHING.
>> THEIR INVESTIGATION REVEALED
A LOT CAPTAIN BAT BATTALION
CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF TOOK ZERO
ACTION.
THEY ALSO SAID THE FIREFIGHTER
RESPONSIBLE CAME FORWARD BUT
SAID "THEIR INVESTIGATIONS
FINDINGS DO NOT REVEAL A
DELIBERATE OR INTENTIONAL RACIST
OR SEXIST INTENT NOR AN EFFORT
TO TARGET ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
OR GROUP."
>> OBVIOUSLY IT'S DISGUSTING.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
HAPPENED?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM
PUNISHED, WHOEVER IT IS.
>> WE ASKED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW,
DECLINING SAYING THEY WOULD ONLY
DISCUSS DETAILS AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR
THURSDAY.
>> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE PUNISHMENT
FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS LATER THIS
WEEK.
THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFET
