Florida firefighters allegedly waterboarded, whipped rookie over TikTok video as 4 face criminal charges

Nearly a dozen firefighters and paramedics were fired, and four are facing criminal charges, after a 19-year-old rookie Florida firefighter was allegedly whipped and waterboarded in a violent hazing incident.

The teen firefighter told authorities he was hazed Nov. 26 during his second-ever shift at Marion County Fire Rescue’s Fire Station 21, nicknamed the “friendship” station, after colleagues tried to force him to unlock his phone to watch a viral video he posted on TikTok…

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