Capt. Vincent Walla said his unwanted transfer would make it look like he was involved in racist threats against a black paramedic
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By EMS1 Staff
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An EMS provider filed a lawsuit to stop his transfer from his station after a scandal involving a noose and a racist, threatening letter to a black paramedic.
NY Daily News reported that Capt. Vincent Walla was one of several EMS providers transferred from the station. He said he’s being railroaded as part of FDNY’s reaction to a hate-filled note threatening paramedic Keisha Brockington.
The FDNY said no permanent transfer has been made.
“Five supervisors were temporarily reassigned due to serious incidents at Station 22 which are currently under investigation by the NYPD,” the agency said.
The scandal erupted in August when an EMT found a noose hanging in an ambulance. Sources said the noose was placed there by EMT John Thornton, who said he meant it as a prank for a colleague, to warn that the friend would be stuck in EMS forever if he didn’t start training for the firefighter exam.
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