Brookhaven Fire Department Apologizes After Photo Surfaces Of Truck Displaying Confederate Flag
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An investigation is now underway after a fire truck on Long Island was photographed with a Confederate flag displayed.
A Facebook user posted a picture Sunday of a Brookhaven Fire Department truck.
This is disgraceful and blatantly racist, and has no place in our communities Brookhaven Fire Department. (You do...
Posted by Will Ferraro on Sunday, August 30, 2020
On Sunday night, the Brookhaven Fire Department released a statement saying one firefighter is responsible, and that the flag was not authorized by the department's leadership.
"The unauthorized action is condemned in the strongest of terms ... and that disciplinary action for this matter has already commenced," the statement read.
The department has apologized.
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