Jared Russo was fired from his job as a lieutenant in the Denver Fire Department after an internal investigation found he said some really racist shit to his coworkers and marginalized minority colleagues on the job, theGrio reports.

Begun after a DFD captain formally requested Russo, who was called “racist rover” by his coworkers, not be assigned to his station, the investigation found Russo frequently said racist and demeaning comments to minority peers and subordinates.  Russo once said to a Black firefighter, “All you guys look alike,” and to another, he said, “You drive good for an Asian guy.”  At one point, the investigation found, Russo–a self-described history fan–told his workers, “Hilter was a better person than Abraham Lincoln,” and that enslaved Africans “were lucky to have been brought to this country.”  In his termination letter, the DFD said Russo “does not possess the required character to be a Denver firefighter.”

Russo, of course, is suing to get his job back, setting up a GoFundMe page for his legal costs and family expenses.  “I am now being terminated for discussions with other members at the firehouse over possibly offensive things I’ve said,” Russo claims in his appeal.  “The individuals that I could ascertain were the possible direct victims of my words, have written me positive character witness statements that have been given to the city. All are also good friends. I have also sought out others whom I may have offended and apologized to them.”