Miss. Sheriff Deputy Fired After Allegedly Saying ‘I Get Paid To Beat Up N****rs’

A police vehicle is shown in a December 2014 photo from the Jackson County [Mississippi] Sheriff's Department Facebook page.
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A sheriff’s deputy in Jackson County, Mississippi, was fired last week after he was allegedly recorded saying that he gets “paid to beat up n—–s,” the Clarion-Ledger newspaper reported Friday.

During a heated dispute that took place using voice chat over the multiplayer gaming platform XBox Live, the former deputy, Michael Slater, allegedly announced his address and told an opponent: “You about to come to a f—–g paid police officer’s house. I get paid to beat up n—-rs like you.”

The profanity-laden exchange was recorded and posted to The Free Thought Project website.

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Cherie Ward said the department fired the three-year veteran as soon as the recording came to its attention.

“We don’t condone that type of behavior or language,” she told the newspaper.

The newspaper said it tried to reach Slater on Friday but was unsuccessful. The paper did not mention Slater’s race.

h/t Raw Story

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  1. Freeeeeeee Thoughts!!! Get your Free Thoughts here!! All the thoughts you could ever want!! Never pay one penny!!

  2. A case where the truth will set you free [from your job].

  3. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    LaughingLoudly!!

    Here’s to the glimmers of hope the BlackDeath epidemic is finally being addressed…

  4. “three-year veteran”

    Huh. So three years on the force and he’s a veteran. That’s a pretty short threshold, between rookie and veteran. I have no doubt he’s a veteran knuckledragger, bully and racist. Maybe that’s what this was meant to refer to.

    This article aside, I think “veteran” connotes different things when applied to cops, than to the military.

  5. It was the word ¨nigger¨, not the truth he told, which got him fired.

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