Firefighter probed for Trayvon Facebook rant

Private Facebook posting from a Miami-Dade firefighter blasting “urban youth” and “ignorant, pathetic” parents draws probe.

A Miami-Dade firefighter’s rant about the Trayvon Martin case — posted on his personal Facebook page — is drawing scrutiny from his bosses.

Capt. Brian Beckmann’s post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests “urban youth” are the products of “failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.” Article continues>>