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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,648 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:01 AM Jan 2020

File under: "WTF?"

DETROIT – Detroit's fire commissioner says he will investigate the circumstances of a New Year's Eve photograph posted on social media showing 18 firefighters posing in front of roaring house fire, according to media reports.

The photo was posted on the "Detroit Fire Incidents Page" on Facebook along with the caption "crews take a moment to get a selfie on New Years!" In the background is a house engulfed in flames. The post has since been taken down.

Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told WXYZ-TV in a statement that if the photo "is verified," then "discipline will be in order."

“There are a lot of ways to celebrate a retirement," Jones said in the statement. "Taking a photo in front of a building fire is not one of them."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/02/detroit-firefighters-photo-burning-home/2793802001/

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File under: "WTF?" (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 OP

Wow 😳 Sherman A1 Jan 2020 #1

I'll second that 'WTF' spanone Jan 2020 #2

I think I saw these same firefighters in Scorsese's "Gangs of New York"... Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #3

You have to just wonder Ohiogal Jan 2020 #4

+1 Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #6

You got that right! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #7

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Wow 😳

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:02 AM

Jan 2020

Just WOW

spanone

(135,904 posts)

2. I'll second that 'WTF'

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:02 AM

Jan 2020

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

3. I think I saw these same firefighters in Scorsese's "Gangs of New York"...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:17 AM

Jan 2020

Ohiogal

(32,120 posts)

4. You have to just wonder

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:38 AM

Jan 2020

Wtf were they thinking? How does anyone think this is acceptable?

Like those corrections cadets n W. Va. giving the Heil Hitler sign?

The insane has seeped into too many segments of our society.

Baitball Blogger

(46,769 posts)

5. +1

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:45 AM

Jan 2020

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

6. +1000

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 11:04 AM

Jan 2020

It's like the effing Twilight Zone!

Ohiogal

(32,120 posts)

7. You got that right!

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 11:23 AM

Jan 2020

Unfortunately these cretins and thugs used to more or less keep their warped world view to themselves, but Trump’s nose thumb at any semblance of normal behavior and embrace of criminals has emboldened them to just come right out with it. It’s scary how many of them there are in this country.

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