Racist Facebook Posts Behind Detroit Fire Captain’s Discipline: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — A Detroit fire captain was placed on unpaid administrative leave Tuesday after complaints were lodged about dozens of posts on his social media account that civil rights leaders said were racially and ethnically charged. The Detroit Fire Department, calling the accusations “profoundly disturbing,” said it has launched an investigation.

The posts were brought to the attention of fire officials by the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Michigan, which reviewed more than 50 posts it said unfairly depicted Muslims, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians and Orthodox Jews. CAIR-MI said in a statement the posts are symptomatic of a “xenophobic and racist atmosphere” that has permeated the fire department, prompting a recent federal civil rights complaint filed on behalf of a Muslim paramedic who alleged mistreatment by fire Capt. Tim Goodman.

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