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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHospital fires employee who wore controversial shirt to Mississippi poll
Hospital fires employee who wore controversial shirt to Mississippi poll
Posted 4:30 pm, November 8, 2018, by Andrew Ellison, Updated at 06:04PM, November 8, 2018
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. If he doesn't already, Clayton Hickey might regret voting in an arguably racist shirt on election day.
A photo of Hickey wearing the shirt to a polling place in Olive Branch went viral this week. The photo shows the Confederate flag with a noose on top of it two symbols that many call racist.
On Thursday, Regional One Health in Memphis confirmed the man in the photo was an employee at the hospital and that he had been fired after a thorough investigation.
The hospital released a statement saying:
"As of today, November 8, 2018, we have completed our investigation and what we learned led to the termination of the employee in question. Regional One Health holds employees to a high standard. We are committed to upholding our mission to provide compassionate care and exceptional services to all. This includes fostering a safe and protected work and care environment for all. Behaviors contrary to these principles are unacceptable and will not be tolerated."
They say they're taking the matter seriously and are "committed to a safe, secure and comfortable environment for its patients, guests and employees."
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Hospital fires employee who wore controversial shirt to Mississippi poll (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2018
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Gothmog
(145,176 posts)1. This idiot deserved to be fired
Lunabell
(6,080 posts)2. I love how the headline calls it controversial
when it is clearly racist and promotes hate and violence.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,326 posts)3. Womp womp!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)4. I'll bet he calls himself a REAL God-feaarin' Christian patriot. What irony
that he practices this hate in a place called "Olive Branch."