Posted on 12/05/2012 1:57:11 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A black man contends he was fired at the end of his 18-month probationary period as a state trooper for false claims that he didn't properly write reports, and sometimes used Ebonics in doing so, according to a federal lawsuit.
The federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of William Peake, 29, of Sewickley, who graduated from the police academy in May 2009 and soon after was stationed at the Uniontown barracks, which his attorney contends employs nearly all white troopers.
Peake was required to sign a termination letter contending he was let go for a "lack of solid job knowledge and basic police skills" and other "officer/public safety concerns" not spelled out in that letter in November 2010. According to the lawsuit, the reasons for Peake's firing have "no substantial basis in fact, and are not worthy of belief."
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“I bet their first clue was him signing it with an “X”. “
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Good one !
sounds like a good reason
Okay
I hate affect and effect
affect is a verb
effect is a noun
Fo’ shizzle
Exactly right.
Affect is also a noun. Mostly used in psychology.
Ah, so, in other words, it could have been extortion, under color of authority.
I live in New York State, and can remember several years ago, when the State was offering minorities remedial reading classes at CUNY, for those interested in taking the Civil Service exam to become a State Trooper. The State was having problems finding enough minorities that could get a passing score on the exam.
The distinction is not syntactical but lexical.
He would have resigned except he couldn’t spell it.
“Affectively” is exactly how libs would PREFER cops to do their work (Unless, of course, they are dealing with conservatives;)
Do you mean his customers complained that he was handing out tickets in “rap music”.
Give him a break. He’s one of the “Village People”.
That be the lawyer, not the reporter. The quote is lifted from the complaint.
"That be the lawyer, not the reporter. The quote is lifted from the complaint"
LOL! How unintentionally hilarious. I think I'd hire another attorney....
Probably isn't.
Years ago, I was introduced to diversity. I had a boss who spoke and wrote in ebonics. It drove me nuts. I’d have to read papers multiple times to understand exactly what he meant. He’d say “pepper treater” instead of “perpetrator” and was easily confused with non-ebonic words such as “cistern” to which he had to ask what the sister had to do with getting water. He must have skipped several steps in the Peter Principal. A change of divisions brought a new muslim boss who announced on the first day he didn’t like me. Say what? That was back before I knew about muslim men hating left handed white women and especially those who knew more than them. A client had given me some watermelons so I tried to make peace by giving him one only to have him jump backwards out of my office like I had shoved a snake in his face. He hollered and wouldn’t touch it. How these stupid evil morons get hired, much less get promoted, is mind boggling.
In addition, there is no reason for the comma before “because” in that sentence.
Trooper Peake: “You are firing me because I am BLACK!”
HR Manager: “No Trooper Peake. We HIRED you because you are BLACK. We are firing you because you are INCOMPETENT.”
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