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Related: About this forumObama lynch image gets fireman fired
GALVESTON - A captain in the La Marque Fire Department has been fired for offenses that included posting an image on Facebook of President Barack Obama with a noose around his neck, according to a memo released by the department.
Capt. Alfred Decker, 46, also ordered the demolition of a house damaged by fire without allowing the owner to retrieve his valuables, according to a Feb. 5 memo from Fire Chief Gerald Grimm that outlined the reasons for his firing.
Grimm said Decker's combined actions showed incompetence, lack of good moral character, prejudice and discourtesy, according to the memo.
It called the post on his Facebook page that depicted Obama with a noose around his neck and the caption, "the making of a national holiday" as showing "inherent and indisputable connotation and underpinnings of a deliberate and willful action taken by Captain Decker to demonstrate apparent hatred, racism and prejudice toward African Americans and to create an offensive affront to the president of the United States."
More at http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Obama-lynch-image-gets-fireman-fired-5219878.php?cmpid=albtfp .
Cross-posted in General Discussion.
Bortman33
(102 posts)equally despicable!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)This jerk... I can't believe.
ashling
(25,771 posts)change from the way these things are usually treated.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)apparent hatred, racism and prejudice toward African Americans and to create an offensive affront to the president of the United States...
whose salaries and benefits we pay for, and count on to live up to decent standards of behavior.
Good going Texas and Grimms.
white cloud
(2,567 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)I would hate to be the lawyer defending this idiot. The lawyer for this idiot is claiming that this conduct is protected by the First Amendment http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Lawyer-defends-Obama-noose-photo-as-free-speech-5224988.php?cmpid=houtexhcat
GALVESTON - A Facebook post by a La Marque fire captain showing President Obama with a noose around his neck is constitutionally protected speech and is not racist, an attorney for the fired firefighter said Tuesday.
Capt. Alfred Decker, 46, a 20-year veteran of the La Marque Fire Department, has appealed his firing to the city manager as provided for in the contract the firefighter's union has with the city, attorney Gregory Cagle said.
I would hate to be the law school professor who taught this idiot about the First Amendment