Archived 'It was meant to be funny,' says police officer fired for racist Facebook post (local10.com)
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Archived 'It was meant to be funny,' says police officer fired for racist Facebook post (local10.com)
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[–] bayesianqueer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from the consequences of one's speech.
In the case of police officers (and teachers, physicians, politicians, etc) you have to know that if you make a blatantly racist, sexist, homophobic, etc comment in a public forum you are going to get some fall out and that may threaten your career. That's why you have to have a functioning filter.