Best I could do.
Posted on 08/19/2020 8:09:25 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A New Jersey detention officer who allegedly wrote on Facebook that a 5-year-old boy fatally shot in North Carolina “should’ve ducked” has been suspended, county officials said.
Rome Smith, who works at the Cumberland County Juvenile Detention Center, wrote on Facebook Friday about the Aug. 9 shooting that killed Cannon Hinnant as the boy rode his bike outside his family’s home, a screenshot shows.
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"...Cannon Hinnant..."
Fire him.
Oh wait, you can't?
Because he has the correct skin color privilege?
That’s a horrible thing to say - but what’s this crap with people being suspended or fired over things they say?
I grew up (and still believe) we have free speech in this country and we can say whatever we want (on our own time) and if someone doesn’t like it, that’s THEIR problem.
Just sayin'.
I agree. It is sick that such a statement even be made. It's a five yo boy for crying out loud. Not to mention even if someone is a 'racist' as if that would justify murder.
Gee....wonder what would happen if a White office said a similar thing about the murder of a Black child?
A picture of the cop would be interesting.
In a sane world neither should be fired for expressing free speech even if it is vile.
We do not live in a sane world.
> ...but what’s this crap with people being suspended or fired over things they say? <
In general I agree with you. Many, many people have been fired over innocent comments. Today’s United States is something like Brezhnev’s Russia. You don’t get executed for your non-PC comments. But your life is ruined.
However, sometimes a comment is an indicator of a mentally sick person. Such a person should be removed from any position where he can hurt others. For example, suppose a fireman says that he loves watching houses burn to the ground. That guy probably shouldn’t be a fireman.
Just like the guy in the article probably shouldn’t be working at a juvenile detention center.
Yes, I know that standard has been applied way too loosely. If you say something pro-Trump and you work at a university, you’re a racist. So gone you are.
A picture of the cop would be interesting.
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Besides the shortages of coins and ammo, there is a shortage of black pixels.
That’s why were are not getting pictures of perps these days.
Best I could do.
In a sane world neither should be fired for expressing free speech even if it is vile.
Let me also point out there is a difference between being fired and being arrested. Even so, free speech is not an absolute right (e.g., erroneously shouting fire in a crowded theater).
But, yes, it is a slippery slope.
If you can be tied to your work you’re on the clock. Embarrass the job, lose the job. It’s always been that way. Only difference now is it’s WAY easier to embarrass the job.
I call it free speech from a barstool. Yeah, you can say it but you’re likely to get knocked on your ass for it.
The 5 year old boy did nothing wrong. The subhuman who killed him should be dismembered and fed to hungry vultures.
I wonder what the ethnicity of officer was...
Even without a picture, the officer’s ethnicity can be inferred from the text of his Facebook post, shown in Post 13.
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