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N.Y. EMT rips firefighter as a racist

BY ROBERT F. MOORE
New York Daily News (New York)

NEW YORK — A veteran emergency medical technician leveled charges of racism against a city firefighter yesterday — saying the Bravest hurled a slur at him and tried to knock him to the ground at a Brooklyn car crash scene earlier this week.

The on-duty clash, which allegedly took place Sunday afternoon, is now the subject of a police investigation and an internal probe by the Fire Department, which oversees both city firefighters and EMTs.

“I was publicly humiliated while trying to provide a service to the citizens of New York,” said EMT Russell Harris, 45, who is black.

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