we have a copy of the rant that norman brooks placed on facebook. let's show it to you now. >>> he writes first: bottom line, these racist expletive cops who are murdering our people need to start turning up the same way. they shouldn't feel safe walking the streets and neither should their supporters. it makes us all look like a bunch of expletives. these evil expletives don't have any compassion. they're going to let them pigs go free and probably start a gofundme and make them millionaires. time to stop praying, stop protesting, start buying guns, and start protecting ourselves from these crooked racist cops. if you are a cop and are not in support every these people, then it is about time to start turning these type of expletives in or at least given out some addresses, so we, the people, can handle them. ends of rant. please share, but then he goes on to say the answer is yes. i'm saying the citizens should take the law in their own hands, and target racist cops. those pigs in baton rouge deserve nothing short of a bullet in their heads, see ho

delia goncalves has reaction from foggy bottom. >> norman brooks is on duty at en the fire department got a hold of his facebook post and one post he writes "the racist expletive cops who murder our duty until the fire department's ininternal investigation is complete. delia goncalves, wusa 9. >> the firefighters facebook posts have been removed and the fire department said they had nothing to do with that. -- nothing to do with that. >>> deadly confrontation with police, posted thon youtube page because of the mayor's push to be more transparent showing the encounter with 63-year-old sherman evans near catholic university, for several minutes officers ordered him to drop his weapon. he did not. that is when officers shot him. in the video, you can hear one officer saying sherman raised a gun at him. they can't tell what gun it is and later it turned out to be a bb gun. sherman later did die. an investigation is still under way. >>> in northeast dc, a bizarre case of alleged first degree child sex abuse. 42-year-old steel accused of luring 3 young boys into her apartment with promises

norman brooks said racist police deserve to be shot. pete, is his job on the line?reporter: he lawyered up, and he said the shooting of alton sterling prompted his post. it was deleted, but the damage control is just getting started. >> of course i want to keep my job. veteran at dc engine 23, norman brooks is used to putting out fires, but this is one of a different kind. >> it's the case where most people, they respond to something that is horrific and horrible to watch, and sometimes you don't choose your words as carefully as you should have. >> reporter: after seeing video of alton sterling death, brooks took to facebook and said citizens should take the law into their own hands and target the racist cops, and he said the pigs in baton rouge deserve nothing short of the bullet in their head. >> all the cases trayvon martin up to eric rice and eric garner, getting killed live on camera with a choke hold, and everyone walked? that can definitely weigh on you. >> reporter: now it's weighing on his employer. dc fire put brooks on desk duty, and they are investigati

fir we can go ahead and show you shw these posts that we're talking i about where norman brooks saysky he shared his personal opinionl on his peropsonal facebook page he says ifan part "bottom line,n these racist cops who are murdering our people need to n start turning up the same way. they should not feel safe walking the streets and neither should theirneitheshou supporters.pporrs "a second post he posted says," the answer is yes, thehe citizens should take the law law in their own hands and targetart racist cops much those pigs in baton rouge deserve nothing short of a bullet in theirnheir heads ." ." books tells fox5 he boat thoseot posts in response to the alton a sterling shooting is.st we spoke to him last nightast >> i reacted as soon as i saws w that video and as soon as i a read what happened, it was at h reaction to a horrific event. so, i'm pretty sure, you know, k a lot of people when they sawsa 9/11 happened they made some s pretty strong statements abouton a lot of people. i'mg sure they would take thoso back maybe somewhat if they the were given a chance to think to ab

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to norman brooks. could not get hold of him today.should also mention, he is on desk duty until the internal investigation was complete. we're live in foggy bottom, delia goncalves, wusa 9. >>> firefighter's facebook post has since been removed. spokesman from d.c. fire said they had nothing to do with deleting the comments. >>> the hunt is on tonight for two members of the notorious ms- 13 gang. they are accused of killing an 18-year-old in gaithersburg last month. today, montgomery county police said they are dealing with a deadly resurgence of this gang and others. and they blame some of it on what is going on far south of the border. scott broom is in gaithersburg to tell us what is going on. >> well, that's because it's a small world. and problems do cross borders, particularly this gang problem. a truce between gangs in el salvador collapsed sometime ago. declared war on gangs. there is a lot of violence. people fleeing the violence. some of them teenagers without parents have been fleeing here to the u.s., to seek refuge. >> re

good morning. >> reporter: norman brooks is a nine-year veteran of thef e d.c.he'sbuh now on administrative leave l from his position here andnd under investigation by d.c. d police for making threats. now, those facebook posts in feo question that brooks shared on his personal facebook page he calls his personal opinion,nal n saying in part "bottom linee these racist cops who are murdering our people need toing start turning up the same way. they should shot feel safe s walking the strhoeets andee supporters. "a second post says" theays"he answer is yes. the citizens should take thehoua law in their own hands and hds target racist cops.t those pigs in baton rouge batonr deserve nothing short of anothir bullet in their heads ." now, brooks tells fox5 hee wrote the posts in response toeo the alton sterling shooting. sht we spoke to him last night nig where he defended his words.. >> i do not donee condone anynea violence against any good innocent people cops orple copsr whatever. m saying is that if i anybody, whether it's acrinolscr in cop or a criminal personl

norman brooks has been with the d.c. fire department forroit nine years and as he told fox5's tisha llewes wednesday, he does not condone violence against cops and onlyo posted his angry message onsage facebook after seeing the video from the police shooting t in baton rouge.ou >> all i'm saying is that if anybody whether it's a criminal cop or a criminalrimi person tries to attack you oresr makes you feel some sort of way inside your own communityom you have the right as an a american citizen to defendo defn yourself and that's all i put in my facebook status. anyone who sees that differently then i don't know what to tell youy because i'vev never committed a crime in myrin mighlife. >> reporter: some people may may view it differently. differently in the facebook post he wroteac off duty hebe said if you are ae cop reason not in support ofrt these people then it's aboutn ia time to start turning these thee type of expletives in or at least giving out someng outom addresses so we, the people, can handle them. the he als

firefighter norman brooks wrote the post in response toalton sterling shooting and tells me if he could write the post again he would but likely use different lang. again these are his words not hours but joins countless people outraging and protesting yet another police involved fairt al soot shooting on young african-american man and many taking to the veets as you see in video. others on social media. since that surveillance video surfaced showing controversial confrontation and brooks made post today shortly after noon. >> i reacted since i saw that video and read what happened. it was reaction to a horrific event. so i'm pretty sure you know a lot of people when they saw 9/11 happen they made strong statements about a lot of people. i'm sure they would take those back maybe somewhat if they were given a chance to think about it again. i apologizefy offended anybody but that most was not intended to any good cops. >> d.c. fire and ems says law enforcement brought post to their attention and this afternoon and brooks was then placed on administrative duty pending outcome of internal

fire and ems tell news 4 norman brooks is now the subject of a law enforcement investigation and an internal d.c. fire review. he's been with the department since 2007. >> new tonight, alexandria police know who they are looking for in connection with the city's most recent murder. they think someone killed hall in retaliation for another murder back in june. news 4 jackie benson is alexandria tonight where people are angry about the cycle of violence in their neighborhood. >> reporter: the crowds needing twice as many people that showed up for a meeting last month after another young man was shot, also, in the same neighborhood. >> i've lived in th up the crime and a lot of success, and it's all slipped backwards. >> reporter: the levels of frustration with violence in west old town neighborhood had some people drawing parallels to the early '90s. one woman suggested breaking back anti drug community walks that led to some changes here. >> what do we want? a drug-free community. when do we want it? now. >> reporter: residents that packed the gym told the chief they felt distanced and disori

. >> reporter: good morning, guy norman brooks is a nine-year veteran of the d.c.f c fire department here but he's suspended and underand uer investigation by d.c. policen bi for making threats. threats and we can go ahead and show you those facebook posts ine fap question he shared on his personal facebook page. he says in part "bottom line, these racist cops who aret who murdering our people need toeedt start turning up the same way.. they shouldn't feel safeeel af walking the streets andtree neither should theirher should t supporters.suppters now, a second post says thesa t answer is yes.swer iyes the citizens should take the law in their own hands andnd target racist cops.t cs. those pigs in baton rouge bon bullet in their head. h end quote. brooks tells fox5 he wrote theee posts in response to the alton a sterling shooting.st we spoke to him last night n >> i do not condone any violence against innocent iocen people cops or whatever.leor all i'm saying whether it's a criminal cop or a criminal cmi person tries to attack you oresa makes you feel some sort ofor o way inside your

norman brooks' facebook posts have been deleted by d.c.ire and ems tells news 4 he is the subject of an investigation and internal review. he's been0-ér÷ with the departm since 2007. >>> now back to that heat wave, our first real taste of summer with stretches of 90 degrees for days. >> already pretty hot outside. temperatures for most of you are in the mid to upper 70s as we look live outside this morning. as you plano you might want to try to stay safe. on days like this, drink more water. avoid caffeinated drinks and salty foods. opt for cucumber slices and watermelon. check on elderly ones. >>> cooling centers are open across the area today. there are 25 different locations where anyone in the community can come to cool down. homeless shelters in montgomery county will stay open today to provide a cooler space as well. we have a map of the cooling center in d.c. and nearby counties on our website right now. go to nbcwashington.com and search cooling centers.>#p2 doesn't that look fun and cool? kids may have the right idea when it today

norman brooks facebook posts have been deleted butc.ubject of a law enforcement investigation and an internal review. he's been with the department >>> it is 6:06 and today a fourth baltimore police officer heads to court for trial. lieutenant brian rice is the highest ranking officer to be charged in freddie gray's death. >>> another agency will take a look at plans to prevent people from jumping the white house fence by making it taller.v:,s the national capital planning commission will review plans this afternoon to increase the fence height from six feet to nearly 11 feet. the change was proposed after multiple security breaches where people have climbed over the barrier. last month the u.s. commission of fine arts also gave approval. >>> fbi director james comey will testify before a house committee today about the hillary clinton clinton email investigation. he announced on tuesday he wou her for her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. attorney general loretta lynch accepted that recommendation yesterd

firefighter norman brooks wrote the post in response toalton sterling shooting.se again are his words not ours. but he joins countless people who are voicing outrage and protesting yet another polic police-involved fatal shooting on a young african-american ma man. many are taking to the streets. others on social media since that surveillance video surfaced showing controversial confronttation. brooks made his post today shortly after noon. >> i reacted since i saw the video and read what happened it was reaction to horrific event. i'm pretty sure a lot of people when made strong statements about a lot of people. i'm sure they would take those back maybe somewhat if they were given a chance to think about it again. i apologizefy offended anybody but that post was not intended towards any good cops. >>> d.c. fire and ems says law enforcement brought the post to their attention this afternoon. brooks was then placed on administrative duty spending outcome of an investigation as well as internal review by the d.c. fire and ems department. a d.c. fire and ems person

firefighter is on administrative leave right now, norman brooks posted comments about the white police officers killing black men, specifically the deadly shooting in baton rouge earlier this week. according to our news a part of one of the posts said quote, those pigs in baton rouge deserve nothing short of a bullet in their heads, end quote. the post had been deleted, but police and d.c. fire and ems are both looking into what he said. brooks later said he was acting on his freedom of speech. he's been with the fire department since 2007. >>> helping victims get justice. hundreds of rape kits at a virginia lab are finally being tested thanks to new grant money. news 4's megan fitzgerald takes us inside the forensic's lab. >> reporter: more than 2,000 sexual assault kits from across virginia will be tested inside this lab. some of the contents of these kits have been waiting to be tested since 1985. news 4 got an exclusive look inside the bode forensic lab in north. . the company is responsible from testing dna taken from sexual assault victims across the country. right now scientists

well norman brooks is nine yearn veteran of the d.c. fire d.c.tment but he's now been pue on administrative leave from his position here, and he's unders r investigation by dc police for making threats. thr we can show you his facebookaceb post under fire right now. he shared on his personalsona facebook page calling it personal opinion.rs he says in part "bottom line, ln these racist cops who ares who murdering our people need toee start turning up the same way. w they shouldn't feel save walkinl the streets and neither shoulder their supporters.rts. "also post add second post" the answer is yes, the citizens should take the law in their owe hands and target racist cops.. those pigs in baton rouge r deserve nothing short of ao bullet in their heads ".. >>> now, brooks tells fox5 heok wrote that post in response toeo the al tan sterling shooting ino baton rouge.baton r we spoke to him exclusively lasy night where he defended his words. >> i do not condone any violencc against any good innocentdnn people, cops, or whatever.tever. all i'm saying is

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