Posted on 04/24/2009 3:25:52 PM PDT by billorites
Ridiculous
I don't think that he should be fired for what he said. Maybe he should be fired for saying in front of a "journalism student." If he doesn't know that a journalism student has no other purpose than to destroy someone the officer is lacking in judgment.
I don't think that he should be fired for what he said. Maybe he should be fired for saying in front of a "journalism student." If he doesn't know that a journalism student has no other purpose than to destroy someone the officer is lacking in judgment.
Seems S.O.P. of the union is to file grievances no matter how egregious the misconduct. Faking official business to burglarize a house and threaten the occupants is quite different than calling a neighborhood thick with thugs (of any color) “animals.” Seems there should be a significant penalty to the union when it makes frivolous claims.
Well, if you are in one of the black sections of Philadelphia, and the neighborhood is full of criminal animals—which I am afraid is true of a large part of Philadelphia, then what he said was perfectly true.
And in part, at least, they are criminal animals because they have been taught—by rappers, by friends, by the culture—that this is what black kids do. It’s how they express themselves.
Still, it’s not very tactful to put it that way. Maybe they should have suspended him for a week. Fire him? Well, I kind of hope this smug little itty-bitty girly journalist gets mugged and needs a policeman sometime soon. Then maybe she’ll learn what it’s all about.
Among them was William Thrasher, 24,
McDonald, a 21-year-old senior who is about to graduate, went on a three-hour ride with Thrasher
Anyone else think it was stupid for the Department to send this 21 year old female college student out on a 3 hour patrol with a 23 year old 2 year on the force officer????
While any Police Officer should know to keep their mouth shut tight around anyone connect to the press, the 23 year old had the deckstacked against him.....
I don't even see where the comments were recorded by the journalist. Were these guys fired based on a college kid's word? I sure hope McDonald is squeaky clean. Payback's a b*tch.
This is the stuff that makes you want to throw slurs.
Thrasher is too stupid to be a Policeman. You can't run your mouth like that.
The community is well aware of what has been happening to the Philadelphia police in the last year or two. It has been open season on them and many have died. Who is doing it? WE all know who is doing it. They are also murdering community members without regard to age or sex. They shoot children. Animal is too nice a word for what is roaming the streets of Philly. Officer Danny Faulkner died decades ago at the hand of Mumia Abu Jamal, the black panther killer. Mumia has become a hero to some. It must be a real treat to watch Mumia supporters wear the shirts and demonstrate. God Bless the Philadelphia police.
How can anyone be expected to respect a group of people behaving like animals, regardless of their color?
Seems to me the stupidity level of cops in the last 5 to 7 years has risen dramatically. To say those things in front of a liberal journalism major is idiotic. Good riddance. We have too many cops anyway.
You couldn’t pay me enough money to risk my life in an inner city sewer like Philadelphia to protect a much too often ungrateful public. Animals at their zoo wouldn’t want to escape their confines in that city. It’s too dangerous.
I figure that this 23 year old cop with only 2 years on the job, was trying to impress 21 year old Shannon McDonald with some of the comments he was making. He should have been formally counseled for his behavior, if it was proven that he actually said what the journalist claims he said. But calling the criminals in the district "f-ing animals" is not a reason to dismiss someone.
Thrasher was fired for illegal use of honesty when confronting African-Americans.
Look what happened to Mark Fuhrman and that was in 1995. It is much worse now.
Yep, that's the deal.
"I sure hope McDonald is squeaky clean. Payback's a b*tch."
I don't think I'll be contradicted when I say that, as a female journalism student, McDonald poops vanilla ice cream...
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