It sounds like the firehouse walked around on eggshells with the guy for many years. The first story says how fellow firefighters offered to cook for him and work some shifts of his for free. Were they trying to placate him?
This article from last year seems to suggest r5's theory is correct. It sounds like the department even teetered on obstructing a criminal investigation. Actually, more like went over the line. It sounds like the Fire Chief and management's actions are worthy of criminal investigation just much as Muhammad’s.
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The suit alleges that Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson was involved in the campaign – saying she and her staff “went to astonishing lengths to protect the attacker and to punish an innocent firefighter who was almost killed.” The chief, the suit alleges, continues to allow Muhammad to work.
Muhammad’s criminal attorney, James Bustamante, told us he had not read the civil lawsuit. “I have heard generally what it alleges,” Bustamante said [bold]“All I can say is my client is one of the nicest human beings you’ll ever meet and a solid firefighter.”[/bold]
“Whatever happened off duty is an unfortunate event for all involved. Any civil suit arising from the incident is unjustified.”
According to Shin’s federal lawsuit,[bold]Muhammad had a “history of threatening, bullying, and aggressive behavior” for more than a decade.[/bold]
The suit alleges [bold] “High-ranking SFFD officials knew of this history yet failed to take any corrective action” to deal with Muhammad’s “dangerous volatility” towards other firefighters.[/bold]
Before coming to Shin’s home, Muhammad allegedly threatened Shin and others, according to the suit. It also alleges Shin alerted department management to those threats.
According to the suit, [bold]Fire Chief Nicholson failed to act against Muhammad,[/bold] and instead ordered Shin to stay away from him. Later, according to the suit: “Chief Nicholson and her deputies went so far as to attempt to interfere with a criminal investigation to cover up the violent crime perpetrated against Firefighter Shin.”
[bokd]The suit states department officials refused to provide Oakland police with a photo of Muhammad [/bold] so they could prepare an arrest warrant.
“Without that information from the SFFD, the police department could not quickly identify Defendant Muhammad, including because of the number of people who share the same name,” the suit alleges.
“When firefighter Shin resisted the hostile pressure and direct order from SFFD superior officers to cease cooperation with the criminal investigation against defendant Muhammad,” according to the suit. [bold]“Chief Nicholson punished Firefighter Shin by stripping him of his compensation and taking away his health insurance before the broken bones in his arm had even set.”[/bold]
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