The mayor of Leominster fired a police officer on Thursday who allegedly directed a racial epithet at Red Sox player Carl Crawford during a minor league game in New Hampshire earlier this month.
In a letter to the officer, John A. Perreault, Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella, said he believed Perreault’s comment to Crawford and other incidents violated police department rules and reflected poorly on the department.
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If this is the new standard then the boom town rats song "I Don't Like Mondays is the most vile racist song ever written and should never be played on the radio ever again
GOOD!
They're not even from this country
Ah Mr.Mayor you better start saving your nickels and dimes because this officer will get his job back along with all his back pay including all the details and OT he missed!
Was it Peter, Paul and Mary who wrote and sang "Monday, Monday"?...At least they had the foresight to add.."Don't like that Day" so as not leave any question of what they meant. This is bizarre beyond belief. Who now determines context of the spoken word? A Black comic introduces this association as part of his stand-up routine and now he's an urban anthropologist? Of course, because he claims he heard it from someone, it must be true.
Now let's fire all officers who assault their wives or girlfriends as well...without lengthy periods where we put them on paid leave. Surely physical assault is a more serious offense than saying a bad word (no matter how bad).