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WXYZ-TV reporter Scott Lewis is promoting a story that is scheduled to run on Thursday at 6:00 PM that is bringing more bad publicity to the Detroit Fire Department. This time it’s not the administration under scrutiny but the actions of a firefighter.
The incident is almost two-years-old and it occurred outside a bar while the firefighter was off-duty. But what will make this interesting is the video of the assault and the claim from the women that police refused to take a report.
The firefighter, who Lewis says denies throwing the punches, is described as a 275-pound body builder who stands more than a foot taller than the tallest of the two women.
And before someone else says it, yes, the reason the story is being promoted and scheduled to run Thursday evening is because that also happens to be the start of the November “sweeps” TV rating period.
They say they were viciously punched outside of a Hamtramck bar on Pazcki day in 2011. The women say they’ve never been the same. Both went down hard to the pavement and they say they are still under doctor’s care.
The man, who pummeled them, they say, was an off-duty Detroit firefighter. He denies it, but the women say – and one witness confirms – that the police went easy on the firefighter because of his position.
The two women came to the 7 Action News Investigators looking for justice. They want to send a message that’s it’s not okay for a man to punch a woman.
Also on STATter911 …
- TV station probes violence claims against Detroit firefighter. Case of two women punched reopened. Commissioner looking at off-duty incidents as possible conduct unbecoming. – October 26, 2012
- Detroit’s Charlie LeDuff faces camera after drunken weekend fight. Complaint to police says reporter urinated in public & bit security guard. – March 14, 2013
- Raw video: House fire and much more from Detroit. – December 9, 2012
- Raw video: Explosion & fire in occupied Detroit house leaves woman burned. – December 19, 2012
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As firefighters we have learned to respect traditions and honor those around us. We have a set of values that need to be maintained. This creates the brotherhood much as the same values in the Marine Corps create it’s spirit. As a firefighter and former Marine I am saddened by this video. With this mans moral values and emotional stability do you want him to have your back?
We do not know what these “ladies” did to upset him but he can clearly not control his emotions. His lack of self control is not what is expected from the brotherhood.
Were I this mans officer he would not leave the station on my truck.
It will be interesting to hear the rest of the story..
Is there ever a time for a man to hit a woman.
OF COURSE.!!!
Physically attack my family or my FD brothers working a job and all bets are off.!!!
As an Engineer, I’ve had on two occasions to stand with a hydrant wrench in my hands
between rowdy drunk crowds and my crew who were feverishly working to save lives.
A couple more steps and there would have been teeth flying and bones breaking and it would not have mattered which sex they were. Both times the K-9 cops finally arrived.
Amazing how fast those flashing teeth can clear a scene.!!!
But, back to this story…
I must admit that at this time, I MAY be able to see the gals’ point.
Not only did the cops not take a report but it SEEMS that they also did not get a blanket.
The rough streets of Detroit.!!!!