I've been following this story for awhile now, it all started when a Spalding County firefighter, arrived at the scene of a terrible accident, instead of doing his job, he decided to take a graphic video with his cell phone of the female involved in the accident that was already dead on site. The video is pretty graphic blah blah blah. After taking the video, he sent it to his friends, one thing lead to another and the video was circulated online and the parents saw it.. you probably cant imagine how they felt, unless you've lost a loved one in a violent tragedy of some sort.
Next thing you know, the parents are raising hell with county officials, then they found out the dude was black and all hell broke loose. They demanded some type of action be taken... hmm what exactly did they want? OK dude gets fired... then they want an apology.. from the dude that got fired, kinda backwards huh? Why didn't they demand an apology prior to the dude loosing his job?
The firefighter Terence Reid is a dumb ass for sure, but i don't think he should have lost his job, suspended without pay, most definitely. The bi-laws of the station are not clear neither enforced.
The county and Reid should have apologized along time ago way before they took action.
The parents are pushing for a law to be put in place, that's makes it illegal for first responders to take pictures or video's.
I'm sure the parents are going to sue the county, I'll give them a couple weeks...
