A racist party at a Rochester house that had a Trump cutout and KFC buckets in front of Juneteenth flags was coerced by a New York fire commander to be attended by a black fireman.
On July 11, while on duty, Captain Jeffrey Krywy brought the three firemen McKenzie “Mack” Neal, Aurelio “Angel,” and 40-year-old black Jerrod Jones to the East Avenue residence.
Krywy has subsequently resigned from his position, aborting the possibility of disciplinary action that may have led to his dismissal.
Although it was a private party, Krywy is claimed to have urged they go since it was being held at the house of dentist Nicholas Nicosia and his wife Mary.
On August 11, Jones filed a notice of claim against the Rochester Fire Department (RFD) and the City of Rochester, signalling his intention to bring legal action.
The attached document will serve as the foundation for our ongoing lawsuit. But we would rather work with the City to find a solution,” Jones’ attorney Nate McMurray said to DailyMail.com on Wednesday.
Jones, a 14-year police veteran, said that upon arriving, he observed a “big cut out of former President Donald Trump” in the driveway and “immediately” felt concerned.
According to the report, he also saw “two enormous Juneteenth celebration flags decorating the grass.”
According to the notice, “buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken were conspicuously placed beside the flags—an evident usage of the racist cliche rehashed by racists to humiliate Black Americans.”
Additionally, there were images of “local democratic politicians on stakes across the grass and around the backyard, including members of the Rochester Police Accountability Board and a picture of Councilman Mitch Gruber among many others,” according to the report.
Additionally, a woman mimicking Democratic County Legislator Rachel Barnhart appeared, and attendees are said to have screamed “sexually explicit insults” at her while she was wearing a red wig.
The notice said, “The lady danced in a sarcastic, yet sexy, style to pleasure the guests.”
According to reports, Neal said to Jones, “We shouldn’t be here.” This is a load of crap.
“Attend partisan political activities, much alone those that call for prejudice that hate or otherwise denigrate the RFD,” it is forbidden for RFD members to do.
According to reports, Perez remained silent, but the notice said that this was “custom and culture for less senior members,” and he seemed “uncomfortable.”
According to the notice, Nicosia approached Jones during the party to chat with him in order to “neutralise any possible negative consequences from Jones’ participation.”
Jones saw the imposter handing Krywy a gift bag including a Juneteenth cup and a bottle of cognac while conversing with the homeowner. Jones believes this is “another racist cliche used to humiliate Black Americans.”
Jones exclaimed mockingly to his supervisor, “I didn’t realise the captain [Krywy] was a Cognac guy,” according to the notice. According to reports, Krywy replied by ordering his guys not to take any photos.
No one at the party gave Jones their “actual identities,” according to Jones, who said the captain and the homeowner left the party later and spoke “nervously.”
The three firemen apparently wanted to leave as the celebration went on, and Nicosia’s wife Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia once reportedly asked Jones if he “wanted to take home the chicken,” to which Jones objected.
Then, apparently, she questioned, “You sure? That’s KFC! Mary agreed when Neal made the offer to bring the remaining chicken to the station for the other firefighters who were working.
The four of them departed from the gathering around 40 minutes after they had arrived. How messed up was it, Neal subsequently questioned Jones and Perez?
George Smith, the acting battalion chief, was informed of the event by Jones. Jones said that no inquiry was conducted and that he and Krywy were set to work the next shift together despite the chief allegedly being “shocked” and promising “quick action.”
After being informed of the findings of the inquiry, Krywy decided to retire rather than go through with the termination process, which, in the words of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, “would have obliged him to depart the service.”
The court should now grant Jones $3 million in emotional damages and $1 million in compensatory damages, according to Jones’ current request.
Jones said during a news conference that “what happened to me a month ago wounded me very badly.”
Jones said that another reason he was fighting for this was to save his two children “going through what I suffered.”