Ottawa firefighter fired for violence against non-binary colleague cleared of harassing comments
“This situation started off as a physical interaction that was consensual by both parties as implied by mutual participation in shoving one another."
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“This situation started off as a physical interaction that was consensual by both parties as implied by mutual participation in shoving one another."
An Ottawa firefighter charged for allegedly attacking the department's first openly non-binary firefighter has been let go from his job. A captain was suspended without pay for three days for failing to report the incident.
“The denials issued by Capt. Wright and firefighter Einagle are very disturbing to our client.”
“The denials issued by Capt. Wright and firefighter Einagle are very disturbing to our client.”
There was no indication of unlawful actions by any officer leading to the man's injuries, a Special Investigations Unit report says.