del
Diamond Member
- Banned
- #1
Justin Barrett, the Boston police officer who sent an e-mail that used a racial slur to describe Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., was fired from the force today by Police Commissioner Edward Davis.....
"The Boston Police Department is committed to a standard of excellence,'' Davis said in a statement announcing Barrett's termination. "After a thorough investigation of this matter, it is evident that Officer Barretts actions do not comply with that standard.'
Barrett called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in the July e-mail responding to a Boston Globe column by Yvonne Abraham about Gates's arrest
Boston officer fired over Gates case comments - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe
Text of Boston Police Officer Justin Barrett's letter to the Globe - Boston.com
"The Boston Police Department is committed to a standard of excellence,'' Davis said in a statement announcing Barrett's termination. "After a thorough investigation of this matter, it is evident that Officer Barretts actions do not comply with that standard.'
Barrett called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in the July e-mail responding to a Boston Globe column by Yvonne Abraham about Gates's arrest
Boston officer fired over Gates case comments - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe
Text of Boston Police Officer Justin Barrett's letter to the Globe - Boston.com