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UPDATE: Village clerk fired over Ferguson shooting comments
The Columbia Missourian / The Associated Press ^ | March 18, 2015

Posted on 03/18/2015 10:16:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

UPLANDS PARK, Missouri — A local government employee for the village of Uplands Park has been fired amid comments he made in a TV interview blaming police for the shooting of two officers in Ferguson.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the town's Board of Trustees met Tuesday night in a closed session to discuss the status of clerk John Muhammad.

Village attorney Richard Magee said afterward that Muhammad was fired for misrepresenting his job....

(Excerpt) Read more at columbiamissourian.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: ferguson; missouri; shooting; uplandspark
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Former City Clerk John Muhammad

1 posted on 03/18/2015 10:16:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Was he named after the Beltway Sniper?


2 posted on 03/18/2015 10:17:26 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought he had been executed.


3 posted on 03/18/2015 10:17:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jagmo Jackson appearing in 3...2...1...


4 posted on 03/18/2015 10:18:30 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A budding rapper no doubt...


5 posted on 03/18/2015 10:18:32 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Calling the Just-Us brothers


6 posted on 03/18/2015 10:21:19 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Resolute Conservative

White House advisor material.


7 posted on 03/18/2015 10:23:36 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He should’ve been fired for that hat!


8 posted on 03/18/2015 10:32:02 AM PDT by lordpumblechook
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Guy is an idiot but, that is not a fireable offense.


9 posted on 03/18/2015 10:42:55 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Not the same one that went on that shooting spree near D.C. a few years back I take it?


10 posted on 03/18/2015 10:48:36 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: Vendome

If it’s an “at will” position it most certainly is a fireable offense.


11 posted on 03/18/2015 10:51:22 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
A Future REVRUNT SHARPTON Material

all he needs is an extra hundred pounds and some big hair






12 posted on 03/18/2015 10:53:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Lurker

“At will” still has restrictions. It’s not complete “immunity idol” for employers...


13 posted on 03/18/2015 10:59:31 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

Doing something to bring disrepute on your employer most certainly is. Wouldn’t you agree?

L


14 posted on 03/18/2015 11:03:04 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: lordpumblechook

My ex’s stepfather had a hat like that, left it on the floor by a chair and my old tomcat peed in it.


15 posted on 03/18/2015 11:07:55 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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http://www.westernjournalism.com/missouri-city-manager-ferguson-cop-shooting-setup-done-kkk/#kVjzedDW45V4D1Yd.97


16 posted on 03/18/2015 11:14:10 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

From the article: “Muhammad referred to himself both as city manager and city administrator of the community in television interviews.”

I doubted he was what he had claimed when the Fox news guy questioned him..just a clerk, hah!


17 posted on 03/18/2015 11:31:17 AM PDT by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Clearly a cat with refined tastes.


18 posted on 03/18/2015 11:51:06 AM PDT by lordpumblechook
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To: Lurker

Agreed...

Now stop making sense...


19 posted on 03/18/2015 11:52:26 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sameo Sameo...


20 posted on 03/18/2015 11:58:22 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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