Posted on 07/26/2012 9:02:58 AM PDT by raccoonradio
LEOMINSTER, Mass. - A Leominster officer who investigators say directed a racial slur at Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford has been fired by Mayor Dean Mazzarella.
Witnesses said Officer John Perrault, who is white, began heckling Crawford, who is black, before a July 5 minor league Portland Sea Dogs game in Manchester, N.H., earlier this month. The witnesses said Perrault, who was off-duty, called Crawford a "Monday," which the player interpreted as a racial slur.
The word can be used as a derogatory term for blacks, and is often associated with Mondays being one of the least-liked days of the week.
At a hearing earlier this week, Leominster Police Chief Robert Healey said Perrault was also accused of making other racially insensitive and offensive remarks on his Facebook page.
"John's response was, 'A guy who walked by us with Guinness on his T-shirt and I said I didn't know they had Guinness in Africa,'" Healey said referring to a Facebook posting.
Healey recommended that Perrault be fired.
What I uncovered is a disturbing pattern of behavior by Officer Perrault. Termination is appropriate discipline, Healey said.
Perraults cousin, James Milonas, who was at the game, said the Monday comment had nothing to do with race.
It was all about Crawford making $19 million playing double-A. Even though it was a rehab assignment, he hasnt produced one ounce for the Red Sox, Milonas said.
I thought Monday’s Child was fair of face?
Monday?
Why not just call him Massapequa?
Makes no sense
Just another manic Monday!
I see a problem for the city upcoming.
I assume the Officer in question was/is a union employee.
Having had considerable experience dealing with unions and grivences, I see a major law suit pending. First, should the union assist the officer, he has some chance. Since he was “off duty”, the First Amendment comes into play. There is case law all over the place that should reinstate the LO.
Blacks can call me a “Honkie”, “Whitey”, whatever and this is NOT racist?
I don’t think we have heard the last of this one.
The bog problem is that now that it is known that he used a term that could be seen as racist, he will not every be able to testify in a court case against a person who is not white.
Did he call him Monday or Monkey?
>>Blacks can call me a Honkie, Whitey, whatever and this is NOT racist?
That’s because a grown-up knows that a good life is achieved by being responsible for oneself, and that sitting down and crying is the best way to get nowhere. Someone can call me honkey til the cows come home and it only reflects upon the person calling me honkey. I couldn’t care less about it.
Blacks in America have been Pavlov’d into sitting down and crying where they’re at, or striking out like a child. They’re not grown-up individualists who can take one on the chin, forgive, forget and overcome... as a general rule.
Monday had a sad child, always feeling lowdown.
“Saturdays Child” The Monkees
Once I was standing on the street in Denver during a snowstorm when a little black girl walks up to me dressed all in white. I said - “well, aren’t you the cutest little snowball there ever was”
She looked at me fir a second and said “ F..ck you cracker honky mutherf...er. I almost fell down roaring with laughter at the ball of that cute little 7 year old.
Yes, certain blacks are a very sensitive group by and large. Some of them, certainly not all.
I wonder why they think that all white folks are afraid of them.
Shoot, I describe myself as “ofay honky cracka” all the time...especially to black bureaucrats and customer disservice people.
(Of course, I have the skin-thickness of an Iowa-class battleship.)
Told the wife I was going to apply for a Walmart Greeter position. Said I was gonna tell 'em, "Welcome to Walmart. Now get your sh!t an' git!"
Alas, our local Walmart is not accepting applications.
Naa...they're still light years behind the muzzies.
: )
Hah! You would be a hit here in southern DE!
I got an idea— let’s start yelling “HONKY!” at them and see whether they get offended, or just terribly confused.
“Bucha honkies yellin’ ‘Honky’ at me! At MEEEEE! Mus’ be racists....”
Good idea. Maybe the thin-skinned elites at the New York Times could put something together before the paper goes under. I'd like to know the 'you can get fired for saying this word du jour'... a list would be nice.
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