at the ones that legally killing innocents. that has people upset win the philadelphia police department and thursday night s fire commissioner derek saw we are says he personally apologized to police commissioner charles ramsay and the head of the fop john mcnesby. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was disgusting. i think that we have great wor working relationship with the police in our city and we want to keep that and a lot of our members have family members that are police officers also so it wasn t it was in poor taste. reporter: march medic work here at medic 23 in west philadelphia which show happens to share a building with the 19th police district. outrage over the posting reached city hall with michael nutter releasing a statement saying in the strongest possible terms, i condemn the behavior of a par med deck in the philadelphia fire department who used social media to post a reprehensible message and photo that targeted police officers particularly
police officer. eyewitness news reporter todd quinones is live from spring garden tonight where fire department officials apologized today. todd? reporter: right now, chris, at this point it s not clear if this paramedic will face any kind of disciplinary action. but it is clear the fire commissioner is not happy about it. he contends the paramedic crossed the line. the picture posted to the paramedic s instagram account shows a white man posing as police officer while two black men have guns pointed at him. the post then states, our real enemy needs to stop pointing guns at each other and at the ones that legally killing innocents. that has people upset win the philadelphia police department and thursday night s fire commissioner derek saw we are says he personally apologized to police commissioner charles ramsay and the head of the fop john mcnesby. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was disgusting. i think that we have great wor working relationship with the
that will really looking forward to the event. here today at the studios, expecting quiet weather for it. we continue to feel the chill through the weekends, and then next week basically whole new ballgame. a, a lot of people traveling leading up to the christmas holiday, b, looks like large storm will in fact develop. and i ll tell you exactly how we expect that to affect our region coming up the next few. back to you. philadelphia fire paramedic apologizes for photo post today his personal instagram page. the disturbing pictures shows two men pointing guns at the head after man who is dressed as a police officer. eyewitness news reporter jan carabeo picks up the story outside the fire administration building right now. jan? reporter: ukee, erika, the social media post causing quite the controversy. now the paramedics responsible for posting it has taken it down and apologize r for his actions, here it is, we grabbed it before he took it down off his stain gram accou
mentioned, taken that photo down, and is now apologizing for his actions. at the says he didn t mean to hurt his brothers in blue. but social media post angering many in the philadelphia police department. this picture posted to a paramedic instagram account shows a white man posing as a police officer while two black men point guns at him. the post then reads: our real enemy need to stop pointing guns at each other and at the ones that s legally killing innocence. thursday night, fire commissioner derrick saw err said he personally apologized to police commissioner charles ramsey, and to the head of the fraternal order of police john mcnesby. and i think that we have a great working relationship with the police in our city, and i think we want to keep that, and a lot of our members have family members that are police officers, also. soap, it wasn t it was in poor taste. that disappointment carried over to city hall, mayor michael nutter issuing this statement reading
enemy, need to stop pointing guns at each other and at the ones legally killing innocent. derrick sawyer said he personally apologize today police economy nerve charm ramsey and to the hid of the fraternal orders of police charles mcnesby. and i think we have great working relationship with the police in our city. and i think we want to keep that. and a loft our members have family members that are police officers, also. so, it wasn t it was in poor taste. that disappointment carried over to city hall, mayor michael nutter issuing this statement, reading in part: in the strongest possible terms, i comdemn the behavior after paramedic in the philadelphia fire department who used social media to post a reprehensible message and photo, that targeted police officers, particularly at a time of emotional volatile at this and citizen protest, in our nation in the wake of tragedies in ferguson and new york city. now the post dollars photo was actually a still picture, taken fro