WTTG Fox 5 News Edge At 11 October 16, 2010
climate of fear and intimidation within d.c. fire and ems. today they are leveling serious allegations of widespread racism against fire chief dennis ruben and his top brass. dozens of black d.c. firefighters filed into a federal courthouse and filed a class action lawsuit against the city and d.c. fire and ems. veteran firefighters say since 2007 and under the leadership of fire chief dennis ruben they have experienced institutional racism in the department. >> it's a hurting feeling because i felt years ago our department was heading in the right direction. there was a lot of unity...