A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns over potential disciplinary actions against some of its members.

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.

  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1951·
    8 months ago

    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.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      792·
      8 months ago

      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.

        • SynAcker@lemmy.world
          272·
          8 months ago

          I don’t know… Most firefighters I’ve met were decent. And you don’t hear many songs titled “fuck the fire department”.

          • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 months ago

            There’s no pattern of firefighters getting away with shooting anyone. Hell, even with the police having that pattern, it took a long-ass time for them to lose their “hero” status.

          • ArtieShaw@kbin.social
            1·
            8 months ago

            Far as I know it’s just the one song by Vincent E.L. And it’s, uh, not serious. But kinda fun.

            Fuck the fire department
            Dropping by unannounced just to fry your apartment
            If they can’t find a fire they’re like “Why don’t we start them?”
            I’m tired of arson
            Fuck the fire department

            I cry out in bargaining, eyes to the garden
            Begging release from the fire department
            I might get a pardon if I do what they ask of me
            Act passively
            And don’t do anything drastically

            Clap at their pageantry, bow and scrape
            Say it’s sour grapes from people out of shape
            You’re here for our sake
            And we’re grateful for all you do
            You’re still gonna burn my house down, aren’t you?

            I’m out of house, home, and every single possession
            Out of the frying pan and into depression
            Escaped physical aggression
            Into fiscal oppression
            Still don’t know what they meant by
            “Let this be a lesson!”

            We’re living in an infernocracy
            Things are not how we
            Think they ought to be
            It’s a mockery but I ain’t laughing
            My world’s on fire and I’m dying gasping

    • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
      1236·
      8 months ago

      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.

      • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        33·
        8 months ago

        Trump has never “been” anything. He appears as what he thinks benefits him the most. He wanted to rub elbows with the city’s elite, and that meant pretending to be a Democrat.

        ETA: I’m not saying that he’s always been a Republican either. His entire existence is a self-serving sham. He is and always has been a Trumper. Citation: His current hijacking of the RNC to pilfer their funds and line his own pockets.