A New Jersey firefighter who was caught on surveillance footage at work tying a noose, then tossing it to his Black co-worker, is out of a job with his town’s fire department.
According to records obtained by NJ Advance Media, Walter Coffey was fired from his position with the Township of Bloomfield’s fire department. Those records reveal Coffey was terminated on Nov. 16, and the reason for his termination was listed under “other.”
In a Facebook post on Dec. 12, Mayor Jenny Mundell confirmed the news but did not specify Coffey by name.
“Though I am limited by New Jersey law regarding details of personnel matters, with reference to the matter of the Bloomfield Fire Department, I can now confirm that the firefighter involved in the November 2023 incident is no longer employed by the Township of Bloomfield,” Mundell wrote. “The situation was handled through the appropriate administrative process, which has now concluded.”…