Cop fired for Carl Crawford slur
July 27th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattMassachusetts, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cop in Massachusetts was fired for insulting Boston Red Sox star Carl Crawford.
The policeman is said to have used racial insults to attack Crawford. Crawford was signing autographs for his fans in New Hampshire before a game when someone in the stands called him a ‘Monday’. It was investigated and discovered that the person who threw the insult at the black outfielder of the Boston Red Sox was a police officer.
Officer John Perreault has a history of offending people racially. The mayor of Leominstar Dean Mazarella affirmed that this was not the first time that the officer had committed the same offence. The term Monday is considered racist when used to refer to black people.
The term originated from the statement Monday blues which refers to not liking the first day of the week and those who use it hope that they will not be discovered as insulting. The mayor of Leominstar wrote Perreault a letter telling him that his actions needed severe punishment. He said that there was no place at work for someone who behaved the way he did.
Perreault’s Facebook account is also said to contained racial discriminating content. the officer admitted that he had used the term ‘Monday’ to refer to the Red Sox star but he went further to say that he did not mean it to be an insult.
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