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Some tension caught on video yesterday (Monday) in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, between Mayor Phillip “Bing” Cimino and the folks who have the YouTube channel mcfdtv. Mayor Cimino has been a member of Clover Hose Company for 38 years.
We have previously run videos from mcfdtv of incidents in Mount Carmel on STATter911. It’s unclear if this is a problem for all who dare to take pictures and videos, or something more personal, since they all know each other and have various connections to Mount Carmel and the fire department. Either way, it’s not a good look.
Here’s the description attached to the video claiming that this was the second incident yesterday. “Trevor”, the second firefighter who approaches the camera, is apparently a relative of the mayor and the man in the red coat is a relative of the videographer:
Attempting to be courteous to the accident victim and local police department by taking pictures of the damaged vehicle for the accident victim insurance, which I have done many times in the past for many years, but the Mayor Cimino began acting hostile and we decided to leave without taking the rest of the pictures. So now the victim has to do their own photographs. Even after respecting the victim’s request to not take professional pictures of her son who was a minor.
Note to Chief Reed
Chief Reed
Thank you for intervening when Mayor Cimino went off on me for taking the legally pictures at the accident scene earlier today. I was planning on giving the photographs to the accident victim for free, as I have done for years, but since he went off I ceased to take pictures. But regardless, I live streamed his outburst so that everyone is aware of him. This was the second time today Trevor attempted to intimidate me, the first being the fire police incident on the Viaduct at approximately 4:00, when I was only in the area to test out the range for my camera and practice manual focusing. So thank you for helping stand up for me against those two. I am glad I could count on good people like you to be by my side when I need them.
