Maywood Firefighters Sent Home for Failure to Remove US Flag Decals from Lockers in Week Before 9/11
Firefighters in the village of Maywood say they were sent home for refusing to take American flag decals off their equipment [...]
Flag problem traced back to a decision by several firefighters to replace a tattered American flag last month in one of Maywood’s firehouses. The new flag mysteriously disappeared early Aug. 23. The order on decals was issued last week [...]
Maywood Fire Chief Craig Bronaugh says there’s a culture of racism in the department and issued memo saying all decals and stickers, including American flags and military stickers, be removed from lockers and helmets. He shows a picture of a monkey smoking a cigarette that was taped on a locker as "proof" [...]
“My dad was a fireman for 26 years in Maywood, I took over his locker and on the outside of his locker I have a Marine Corps decal on my locker, it's been there for well over 30 years, I take great offense to that,” said David Flowers Jr., Maywood Firefighter Union Predident [...]
Flag problem traced back to a decision by several firefighters to replace a tattered American flag last month in one of Maywood’s firehouses. The new flag mysteriously disappeared early Aug. 23. The order on decals was issued last week [...]
Maywood Fire Chief Craig Bronaugh says there’s a culture of racism in the department and issued memo saying all decals and stickers, including American flags and military stickers, be removed from lockers and helmets. He shows a picture of a monkey smoking a cigarette that was taped on a locker as "proof" [...]
“My dad was a fireman for 26 years in Maywood, I took over his locker and on the outside of his locker I have a Marine Corps decal on my locker, it's been there for well over 30 years, I take great offense to that,” said David Flowers Jr., Maywood Firefighter Union Predident [...]
Maywood Fire Department implements controversial decision on eve of 9-11 http://t.co/bmPZiG3pku @craigrwall has MORE pic.twitter.com/yoh50TJ42R
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) September 10, 2014
Evergito Herrera, a 25 year veteran of Maywood fire dept., is suspended after refusing to remove this flag sticker. pic.twitter.com/AvF9LnbKT2
— Rob Elgas (@RobElgasNBC) September 10, 2014