Mississippi Race Soldier Suspended For Racist Facebook Posts Kills Black Man After Returning To Work
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A Mississippi police officer who was suspended for racially bigoted social media posts earlier this year was put on leave after killing a black man once he returned to active duty.
Columbus Police Department (“CPD”) Patrolman Jared Booth was given a 28-day suspension in June after the Columbus city council voted 4-1 against him on the basis of those posts.
One of the posts is said to be sexually explicit–featuring a female CPD officer, an image of a sex toy and a reference to oral sex. Another post used a racial slur–a common derivation or permutation of the N-word.
A third post was homophobic in nature and directed toward a different, former officer with the CPD who later filed a wrongful termination suit against the department.
One of those posts was made on April 18, while another made its way to Facebook the day after.
Columbus’ social media policy forbids city employees from posting content that is “malicious, obscene, threatening or intimidating, that disparages co-employees, suppliers or that might constitute harassment or bullying.”
Earlier this month, on November 4, Booth responded to a disturbance call outside of a nightclub. That call, alleged disturbance, and night ended in the shooting death of 24-year-old Raymond Davis, who is black. Booth was the officer who fired the fatal shots.
Immediately after the shooting, Columbus city officials insisted that Davis was holding a gun. Columbus Mayor Robert Smith even went so far as to state, “We know for a fact the gun wasn’t planted.” He continued:
Officer Booth did activate his camera at the time he received the call of a disturbance at the Premier Lounge…The entire incident was captured on body camera. It is early in the investigation and I am not allowed to go through the entire incident at this time. But I will say the video shows Raymond Davis with a gun in his hand at the time of the shooting.
Police Chief Oscar Lewis was pressed on whether Booth’s prior Facebook posts would factor into any investigation over his lethal use of force. He said, “I think they are two different incidents, and I think the first incident has been addressed.”
A crowded vigil held the day after Davis’ death featured his children holding a sign directed at Booth which read, “You Killed Our Dad.”
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But these ? MFs "cant blame the system". FOH
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At this point it makes sense for Black men to carry guns and shoot back at the police in self defense.
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At this point it makes sense for Black men to carry guns and shoot back at the police in self defense.
Seen a shirt that said “ hands down shoot back”
I said to myself....hot dam...now we’re woke.... -
Notice not one of those ? MFs posted in this thread ?
Man, this board is ? . -
Smfh
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This ? has to go to prison, made some racist comments, then comes back to work and kills a brotha! ? a slam dunk, but you know how this goes.
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But these ? MFs "cant blame the system". FOH
no one is saying to not blame the system....they are saying its not just the system. -
something like this cant be counted the same as a ? who out doing dirt and gets got.
thats two different things you are trying to make the same. -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »something like this cant be counted the same as a ? who out doing dirt and gets got.
thats two different things you are trying to make the same.
why is he doin dirt?? -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »
That is exactly what they are saying hence the quote.
When you say "you cant blame the system" or Black people "always want to blame the white man" or "always looking for excuses" or answer a question about criminal justice or reform with "it starts at home" - where exactly did you account for ? like this ?
Exactly - you haven't.
Fyi "you" is generally speaking.