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Fired St. Petersburg official Goliath Davis defends decision to miss police funerals
St. Petersburg Times ^ | March 5, 2011 | Jamal Thalji

Posted on 03/05/2011 6:02:24 PM PST by varialectio

Goliath Davis III, whose rise to the top of his hometown Police Department and City Hall made him the city's most influential African-American official, was fired by Mayor Bill Foster this week.

Davis said the mayor wanted him out because he did not attend Tuesday's funeral for the third officer killed in the city in 28 days. Yet the former police chief did go to the funeral of the convict who killed the first two officers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; copsmurdered; crime; policekillings
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1 posted on 03/05/2011 6:02:32 PM PST by varialectio
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2 posted on 03/05/2011 6:05:04 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Im going to go out on a limb here and guess that the officers killed were all White, and the perp who’s funeral he want to happend to be Black?


3 posted on 03/05/2011 6:12:38 PM PST by Husker24
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The police union has been out to get Davis for years. This is union cop politics at its best. Next comes thuggery.


4 posted on 03/05/2011 6:14:03 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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Exactly. Perp #2 was also Black. Davis skipped the earlier memorial service as well.


5 posted on 03/05/2011 6:18:20 PM PST by varialectio
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Who the hell names their kid “Goliath”?

That is like naming them ‘Ahab’, or ‘Haman’, or ‘Balaam’.

Three generations of brick stupid.


6 posted on 03/05/2011 6:28:47 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
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He was a very big baby, so they named him Goliath.


7 posted on 03/05/2011 6:30:49 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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“made him the city’s most influential African-American official, was fired by Mayor Bill Foster this week.’

What the hell is an “African-American.”

Is that some dumbass who can’t figure out which continent he’s standing on?


8 posted on 03/05/2011 6:32:50 PM PST by sergeantdave (The democrat party is a seditious organization and must be outlawed)
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Not “his people”.


9 posted on 03/05/2011 6:34:07 PM PST by Oldexpat
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He only likes to attend the funerals of ‘his people’. I’m guessing Affirmative Action was involved.


10 posted on 03/05/2011 6:36:35 PM PST by sportutegrl
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Maybe, for once, the police union was right. Goliath may have been well named, because he sounds like a giant jerk.


11 posted on 03/05/2011 6:39:33 PM PST by livius
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...officers killed were all White, and the perp black?

CHECK!

St Pete's black population is obsessed with race and is offended by anything and everything.

To most, race trumps all.

If the sky is cloudy it's because some whites wanted to stick it to the blacks.

12 posted on 03/05/2011 6:42:36 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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I’d fire him too. Those three officers worked for him and by not attending, it was disrespectful of him to their memory, and to every officer still living that worked for him.

Then, he compounded it by attending the funeral of the killer for two of them?

I would fire him, then rehire him just to fire him again.

What officer would work for this guy after that?


13 posted on 03/05/2011 6:46:14 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Iron Munro

There are some very radical groups in St Pete who preach violence and overthrow of the govt.


14 posted on 03/05/2011 6:46:20 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

So help me out here. Who am I supposed to support? A former official who smacks of racism, or the union thugs?


15 posted on 03/05/2011 6:48:58 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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How about we just celebrate this guy is off the payroll.


16 posted on 03/05/2011 6:50:26 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Neither one as far as I can see. There are no heros here.


17 posted on 03/05/2011 7:04:29 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
On this one, If they were out to get him, I am with the union on this one.

But, just for old times sake, why would the union be out to get him?

18 posted on 03/05/2011 7:07:16 PM PST by sport
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To: livius
Maybe, for once, the police union was right.

That's pretty wishful thinking, livius. When was the last time you noticed a union doing anything for anyone except what's good for the union?

There are no heros here.

19 posted on 03/05/2011 7:08:32 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Iron Munro

>>>>St Pete’s black population is obsessed with race<<<<

That’s true for EVERYWHERE!!!


20 posted on 03/05/2011 7:10:00 PM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God!)
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