Police chief sent out racially insensitive email about Obama

[Liberal_in_LA]

Offensive e-mails gets Police chief sacked from teaching job
Written by ELGIN JONES


DAVIE – Offensive e-mails that have been circulated within the Wilton Manors police department have led to the police chief being put on hiatus from his teaching job at the police academy.
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One e-mail that was forwarded to top brass on Friday, July 23, 2010, from Perez’s account said, “A little boy said to his mother, ‘Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white.’ His mother replied, ‘Don't even go there, Barack! From what I can remember about that party, you're lucky you don't bark!’”

That e-mail is titled “Mom’s Memory” and it includes a photograph of a white woman holding hands with a young boy and walking near a pond, under the caption, “A Mother’s Love.”

It is prefaced with, “Normally I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read it. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine. This is so beautiful.”

Dozens of other e-mails, some including racial slurs, a photo of nude woman and other distasteful comment directed towards President Barack Obama and members of the Democratic Party have been circulated through the department from Perez’s e-mail account among his top assistants.

One of those e-mails had an audio recording attached, entitled, ‘Good Mornin Mam,’ which states:

“Good moan’ in mam. Isn’t it a lovely moan’ in,” greets a man to a white woman in a classic minstrel-style, slapstick tone.

The white woman responds, “Up yours N----r!”

http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5243&Itemid=1

[Cha]

1. Good! I'm glad the fricking, bigoted, pig

got sacked. Did he think he was being sneaky enough for it not to get out?

[davidinalameda]

2. classy

[AtomicKitten]

3. Hiatus? That doesn't mean he was fired. That means he's suspended.

Knowing racism permeates minds from all walks of life has little effect on the shock value of this kind of talk. It's disgusting, it's depressing, and I think making it right includes firing this guy's dumb ass and making sure John Q. Public understands why.

[sad sally]

8. Since it's a government position, it means "paid administrative leave"

A little paid vacation time to think things over and maybe attend some awareness classes, and before you know it, back on the job.

[Pirate Smile]

4. OMG.

Disgusting.

This qualifies as "racially insensitive"? I think we are way past that.

[janet118]

5. nauseating . . . racist . . . misogynist . . . ugly . . .ignorant . . .

i could go on, but i won't.

[jaysunb]

6. Hate is a very sick emotion.....

As a black kid growning up in Mississippi in the 40's and 50's I experienced this kind of sickness and even then I wondered what could make people feel such base loathing for another human being.

60 years later I still wince when I see or hear this kind of crap. :evilfrown:

[JBoy]

7. What a dick.

[Hekate]

9. That is disgusting. I hope they fire him and relieve him of his pension.

"I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read it." Well, chief, I feel nauseous. Watch me throw up on your shoes.

That jerk needs to find another line of work.

Hekate

[Phx_Dem]

10. +10000

[leftynyc]

11. That last bit

is from Blazing Saddles - a movie that made more fun of rednecks and hillbillies than any other I can think of.