Fire Chief Steps Down After Calling NFL Coach Racial Slur

A Pennsylvania fire chief has stepped down from his position after posting a racial slur about the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

[Mike] Tomlin just added himself to the list of no good N-----s. Yes I said it," Paul Smith wrote on Facebook after the NFL team remained in the tunnel during the national anthem at Sunday's game. 

His post quickly drew outrage, and though he told KDKA he was "embarrassed" and regretted the post, ultimately he stepped down from the Muse Township Volunteer Fire Department in Cecil, Washington County, after the city manager got hundreds of calls and emails from people around the world complaining about Smith.

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