Story here.
Thankfully the racist idiot (but I repeat myself) has been exposed.
I understand that to be a racist, you have to also be an idiot in at least some respects, but Holy Fuck, Batman, this guy seems like he’s trying to get fired and get his city sued.
Unfortunately, I think it’s very likely that guys like this are scattered through various local government/response roles in the South, Appalachia, and rural areas throughout the country.
Hatfield is evidently unabashed; his explanation is merely “… sometimes there’s a slip of the tongue.” Indeed, human nature being what it is, very few people will admit even to themselves that they (involuntarily/reflexively or willingly) hold certain beliefs. Good thing there’s no device by which people’s thoughts can be downloaded; however, with actions speaking as loudly as words, at best we can expect Hatfield will learn to mind his tongue.
Tough one for the apologists. He’s caught on tape, flat-out used the N-word, no arguing that he was misheard, misquoted, taken out of context, etc. Guess someone’s going to have to dig up a recording of a black official saying something racist. That or dig up an old pot arrest for the dad.
But racism is dead in America.
No shit. This board is chalked full of people who can’t wait to make apologies for racism. I expect this thread to soon be full of posters defending this guy. Maybe you could hold your breath while we wait for them.
The part that really blows me away is that this isn’t a comment that was said personally to the police officer, this was a statement said over the radio!
Which means to me that this is such an accepted phrase in their system that he knew nobody would say anything even though he broadcast it over the air.
Scary.
Why hasn’t he been fired yet?
This dude is probably too tone deaf to even be recruited by the KKK.
Or maybe I could hold yours.
Hatfield expresses his view of Asians and women:
A couple points:
- In the vast majority of the cities in this country the fire departments would not provide roadside assistance to an uninjured person black or white in a situation like this–at most they would do would give them the phone number of local tow truck operators.
- The fire chief has (well-deserved) problems with the local media. Anyone read this article:
WDRB confronts SE Bullitt Fire Chief about spending concerns, empty firehouses
I liked how he said it was a “slip of the tongue”.
NOPE.
He’s probably got some procedural rights that must be observed. I’d expect the eventual outcome is obvious, but they have to follow whatever the process may be.
“Chock-full.”
Gesundheit. :smack:
It slipped out from the hood.
That tape was edited to frame the fire chief, obviously, probably by a black fire fighter trying to take his job.
You are, of course, being ironic here? Doing a parody of something a parody of a racist RW idiot would say about it?