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FDNY EMT accused of racial tweets quits

EMS Lt. Timothy Dluhos was suspended for 30 days for posting racial messages on Twitter

By Susan Edelman and Candice Glove
New York Post

NEW YORK — The “twit” has quit.

EMS Lt. Timothy Dluhos, 34 — known as the “Bad Lieutenant” on Twitter — resigned from the FDNY April 16, less than a month after he sobbed when The Post confronted him about his racist posts.

Dluhos — who called Mayor Bloomberg “King Heeb,” made racist comments about African-Americans and Asians, and posted a picture of an overweight patient — avoided potential disciplinary charges that could have led to his firing when his 30-day suspension ended April 24.

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