D.C. Officer Reinstated after Racial Remark

Officer.com ^ | 25 JULY 2006 | BRIAN WESTLEY

[expatpat]

The PC idiots are getting even more outrageous.

[Rummyfan]

"I was wrong, the remarks were insensitive, and I have learned a lot in the past few weeks," he said Monday. "Anything like this should certainly give rise to some serious self-examination ... and I'm doing that."

Translation: I am protecting my retirement and plan to get away from DC and Ramsey the first chance I get!

[AppyPappy]

. This is not a racial thing to say that black people are unusual in Georgetown

The last time I went through Georgetown, that wasn't exactly true. There is just a whole lot of white people walking around.

[Dark Skies]

...racially insensitive remark

Is it racially sensitive to refer to someone's race in describing them. There was no slur or epithet or insult intended was there?

[12th_Monkey]

"I was wrong, the remarks were insensitive, and I have learned a lot in the past few weeks,"

Isn't this what McKinney should have said?? Good thing this guy didn't hit anybody..

[jimfree]

I hope also that prior to delivering the lesson he is writing he watches the Police Academy movies to become more sensitive to the challenges facing the recruits in training.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"I was wrong, the remarks were insensitive, and I have learned a lot in the past few weeks," he said Monday. "Anything like this should certainly give rise to some serious self-examination ... and I'm doing that."

With tongue firmly planted in cheek, this officer would fit right in here on Free Republic.

[coconutt2000]

I suppose we can substitute a chromameter reading or RGB value for skin colors.

Of course, "Attention all units, suspect has a skin color of 330000, 70 inches tall, last seen running..." probably won't help when an officer stops and asks witnesses if they'd seen a man with a skin tone of 330000 run by and in which direction.

[2banana]

Black people killing and raping white people - nothing to see here except a white police chief get PC...

[Tired of Taxes]

The whole statement makes no sense. What question is he answering with that statement?

[traditional1]

""I would think that at 2 o'clock in the morning on the streets of Georgetown, a group of three people - one of whom is 15 years old, one of whom is a bald chunky fat guy - are going to stand out," said Solberg, referring to the suspects arrested in the case. "They were black. This is not a racial thing to say that black people are unusual in Georgetown. This is a fact of life." "

What a circus. If you're black, and it's mentioned, you cry "racial profiling"?

When a white perp is mentioned, no one says a word?

I guess today it's good to be recognized as ANY minority, if it means you GET something for free.....

[cardinal4]

"I would think that at 2 o'clock in the morning on the streets of Georgetown, a group of three people - one of whom is 15 years old, one of whom is a bald chunky fat guy - are going to stand out," said Solberg, referring to the suspects arrested in the case. "They were black. This is not a racial thing to say that black people are unusual in Georgetown. This is a fact of life."

Having to apologize for violating PC is foolish, but his statement is wrong. I spent a few days in the hospital after being assulted by a number of his "unusual people"...

[TC Rider]

The last time I went through Georgetown, that wasn't exactly true. There is just a whole lot of white people walking around.

We wandered through a few years ago, the only blacks we saw were husksters on street corners selling fake LV purses, etc.

[muawiyah]

It's still unusual for black teenagers to be roving around Georgetown in the wee hours of the morning.

Apparantly the African-American community in DC wants the cops to keep quiet about this ~

~ and I can't figure out a reason for it ~

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

==Is it racially sensitive to refer to someone's race in describing them. There was no slur or epithet or insult intended was there?==

Just keep an eye on crime reports in the paper. Often you won't see reference to the race of the suspect(s). That is the Orwellian insanity of Polical Correctness.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

84 homicides in DC in just the first six months of this year.

Due to the dismal record of the police in solving homicides, there are a lot of murderers who have gotten away clean with killing other people freely walking the streets of DC these days.

[pankot]

PC=Pure Crap

[Unicorn]

Do you mean he was talking about the protected class?

[AmeriBrit]

And yet Senator Joe Biden can say what he wants, on camera, and noone blinks an eyelid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIT3jUrNTX0&search=Biden