FL Firefighter Contesting Demotion for Racial Slur

    June 14, 2018
    A third-generation Orlando firefighter is pushing back after being demoted from fire engineer to firefighter for directing a racial slur at a colleague.

    A third-generation Orlando firefighter is pushing back after being demoted from fire engineer to firefighter for directing a racial slur at a colleague during a station exchange he says was a just a joke and out of character for him.