In Maryland, Pocomoke City’s first African American Police Chief has been fired for confronting internal department racism. This is outrageous I think we can all agree.
The much loved chief stood up for and refused to fire two African American officers who had filed complaints of serious racism within the department and now he has been disposed of himself.
A crowd of supporters are calling for his reinstatement after this disgusting act.
Counter Current News reported:
The demonstrators say that the chief was fired by the Pocomoke City Council on June 29th when he refused to fire two African American officers who had filed complaints against other officers for racist things they had done and said.
The Washington Post reported that the officers said the department was “a hostile work environment” due to racism. The chief saw no reason why the officers should be fired, so he refused. For sticking to the law and the department policies, the chief was himself fired.
The town dubs itself as the “Friendliest Town on the Eastern Shore,” but angry protesters have been calling out the systemic racism of the city council.
The officers filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that said they faced racism that was “overt and rampant.”
One example they gave was “a food stamp superimposed with President Obama’s face that was left on a black detective’s desk and a text message that read, ‘What is ya body count n*gga?’”
The article went onto say:
The council has refused to offer any public explanation or statement about the termination. Hudson did say, however, “we deny there was impropriety whatsoever on the part of the city, the former city manager, as well as the mayor and the council.”
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