A Philadelphia Fire Department paramedic has apologized for posting on Instagram a photo of two black men pointing handguns at a white police officer under the caption: "Our real enemy."
Paramedic Marcell Salters continued from there: ". . . need 2 stop pointing guns at each other & at the ones that's legally killing innocents."
...in a since-deleted Facebook comment Salters said he "never did or will like police."
"Because of what i do i have to work with them but dont have to like them," he said. ". . . There are numerous crooked & corrupted cops (mostly white) & mostly they harass, beat, or kill innocents(mostly blks)."
Joseph Schulle, head of the firefighters' union Local 22, issued a statement Thursday afternoon that said that during "this difficult time" the union members stand "shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters in blue."
"Not only do we work together in the street, but I count many police officers as good friends, as well as family," Schulle said. "Again, most of the members of the Philadelphia Fire Department would most certainly echo these sentiments."
The statement did not mention Salters or the Instagram post, and Schulle later said he did not want to discuss the post at length except to say the vast majority of the union's members don't agree with the sentiment.
Nutter said he has asked Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer to conduct an investigation. He said any disciplinary actions against the paramedic would be made after that investigation is complete.
Schulle said he expected Salters would be disciplined because he made a comment about the post while on duty. He said the paramedic was off-duty when he made the initial Instagram post....
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