Charleston cop fired for posing in Confederate flag boxers.

[SunSeeker]

A North Charleston police officer who posted a photo of himself wearing Confederate Flag boxer shorts to Facebook has been fired.

The photo spread across the Internet on Thursday after the post had been online for a few days.

Police Chief Eddie Driggers issued a termination letter to the officer, Sgt. Shannon Dildine, saying the photo undermines the officer's "ability to improve trust and instill confidence when working with our citizens."

"Your posting in this manner led to you being publicly identified as a North Charleston Police officer and associated both you and the Department with an image that symbolizes hate and oppression to a significant portion of the citizens we are sworn to serve," Driggers wrote.

http://www.abcnews4.com/story/29411843/north-charleston-police-chief-fires-officer-for-confederate-flag-display-found-on-facebook

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Yes, a pic of the guy in his boxers is at the link.

[MADem]

1. What an idiot....

He deserves to be fired, and he should be grateful that abc news blurred his face!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The guy's name is Sgt. Dildine.

"Dildo" might be more appropriate.

[chillfactor]

3. dumb, dumber, dumbest...

what an idiot!

[Egnever]

4. Nice pose!

Was he expecting to be arrested?

The stupid is drawn like a moth to a flame.

[King_Klonopin]

5. Which proves once again that police are NOT racists. nt

[lame54]

6. It's finally at half-staff

[SunSeeker]

12. LOL nt

[ncjustice80]

7. Why did they blur his face?

His face needs to be plastered across every local news outlet. He shouldnt be able to find employment with ANYONE without moving out of state.

[mucifer]

8. You know it looks like that monstor's goal of murdering people to start a race war

had the opposite effect.

All this anti confederate flag stuff is encouraging.

[B Calm]

9. His next picture will be in his NAZI Swastika boxer shorts!

[Octafish]

10. X-Ray Specs for Vinny Shinblind

[wheniwasincongress]

11. dude got fired AND everyone saw his underwear

[dembotoz]

13. Would feel better if he was fired for posing in underwear and not the fabric design

Do we now have to have boxer inspections??

[BlueJazz]

14. I disagree with his being fired. I mean, I would have looked at his past record and examined...

...the whole picture of his career. (which may very well of happened).
What he did was truly racist and ignorant but maybe a few weeks suspension and a good rant from his boss would have been enough.

[brer cat]

15. Some employers have zero tolerance

for FB posts that could reflect poorly on them. My daughter changed jobs this year and her new employer said that if she identified the firm in her profile then she would have to "friend" a partner in the firm who could review her postings to make sure they didn't reflect negatively on them. If she didn't identify them, she would not be monitored. She (and I) consider that reasonable.