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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 04:40 PM
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Seen this? outragous!!!
Edited on Wed Jul-29-09 04:45 PM by WillieW
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/boston-cop-calls-gates-jungle-monkey-in-mass-e-mail/


Boston cop calls Gates 'jungle monkey' in mass e-mail

A Boston police officer has been suspended and likely will be fired after sending an anonymous email that referred to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "jungle monkey."

According to the Boston Herald, 36-year-old Officer Justin Barrett was placed "on administrative leave pending a termination hearing yesterday afternoon. When a supervisor confronted Barrett about the e-mail - in which he called Gates a 'jungle monkey' - he admitted to being the author
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 05:07 PM
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1. Can I be the first to call him stupid?
Or am I at least permitted to say he "acted stupidly"?
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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 05:10 PM
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2. LOL yes
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 06:03 PM
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6. Can I be the first to call for his death?
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Union Yes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 05:11 PM
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3. Fire his ass!
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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 05:14 PM
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4. I think he will be fired.
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Hubert H. Hubert Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 06:01 PM
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5. The average jungle monkey has a higher IQ than these racist cops. {nt}
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 06:04 PM
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7. Let's not jump to the cop-hating conclusion that he's a racist.
It's probably Gates that caused him to do this.
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