‘Termination Effective Immediately’

Remember the police officer who was suspended for sending an e-mail that included the term “banana-eating jungle monkey” to describe an African American man?  In fact, he used the term “jungle monkey” four times in his correspondence.

Well, he’s been fired.    It took six months because they wanted to conduct a “thorough investigation.”

3 thoughts on “‘Termination Effective Immediately’

  1. About damn time – sheesh!

    In NYC, they’ve started advertising Henry Louis Gates’ newest PBS series “Faces in America” on some of the subway lines. I hope they’re pushing it on public transit in Boston as well.

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