Fire Law Blog Fire Service and Public Safety Legal Issues Blog by Curt Varone
A Houston Fire Department captain who was upset about his truck being broken into is in hot water over a Facebook rant that threatened Hispanic teenagers in his neighborhood. Captain Lary Batiste is accused of threatening to kill a group of Hispanic teenagers in his neighborhood after someone broke into his truck outside his home. He posted on his Facebook “I will make them deceased if I find them.”
He also reportedly posted “Stupid crooks do stupid things and stupid parents who don’t know where their kids are on a school night/morning must suffer the consequences of burying their child needlessly” and made reference to the Ferguson unrest by saying “that hands up, don’t shoot (expletive) doesn’t work with me.”
Captain Batiste has reportedly been placed on administrative duty while the department investigates.
