Mississippi deputy fired for racist Xbox Live rant: ‘I get paid to beat up n****rs like you’

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Mississippi deputy fired for racist Xbox Live rant: ‘I get paid to beat up n****rs like you’
Travis Gettys
09 Mar 2015 at 12:16 ET

A Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was fired after making racist threats against another gamer while playing Xbox Live.

The other gamer, identified only as “David,” posted a YouTube video of his exchange with former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Slater.

He encountered another gamer making racist statements on the gaming system’s voice chat and decided to provoke him.

“I asked him if he wanted to buy food stamps as a random troll,” David told the Free Thought Project. “He then blurted some racial words and I told him he sucked at the game.”


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/mississippi-deputy-fired-for-racist-xbox-live-rant-i-get-paid-to-beat-up-nrs-like-you/

[sakabatou]

1. Glad he's fired.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Not anymore. Dumbass. n/t

[dvduval]

3. not any more!

Should be blacklisted from serving in the police.

[Cryptoad]

4. These GOP Thugs

have yet to get a good handle on how this Internet thingy works,,,,,,,,, my x-neighbor did some time for making prez threats on a public pooter at a public library.

[msongs]

5. fired for revealing the truth about the nation's LEO industry. nt

[tblue37]

6. I hate to say it, but I fear that a lot of LEOs actually think that way, even

if most know better than to say it out loud outside of their in-group.

[cui bono]

11. I'm certain that they do. This guy probably had a few beers in him...

he actually gave his badge number and other identifying information to the guy while on xbox.

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Sadly ...

I suspect that the LE Officer is African-American ... so the N-word being tossed out is not racist ... just stupid.

[cui bono]

9. I'm curious why you suspect that?

I hear that word a little bit when playing xbox online (I play rarely and not war games, just a zombie game, well and now a racing game where hardly anyone speaks) and it sounds like white people saying it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. I listened to the voices ...

BTW ... I read a study, years ago, that concluded that 90+ of PoC can recognize/identify race by linguistic profiling (hearing vocal cues); whereas, the number drops off sharply with white folks, but still accurately enough to affect decision making..

Here is an article on it (but not the study I was referencing): http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/6500.aspx

[cui bono]

13. Ah... I didn't watch/listen to the video.

I agree that you can tell the race of a person a lot of the time by their voice. Sad about the racism that follows based on that study.

[1StrongBlackMan]

14. about 20 years ago ...

I was involved in a Housing Discrimination case. The defense was arguing that the housing provider could not have possible discriminating against the Black housing seeker, because she did not know or even see the housing seeker ... it was a jury trial.

We pretty much replicated the study for the jury, using 20 different voices (including that of the housing seeker) ... the jury awarded a 6-figure judgment.

[cui bono]

16. Good! For the result, of course, not the original discrimination.

It's astounding how long the hatred can be perpetuated.

[cui bono]

15. After listening to it I agree with you. This is macho gaming smack talk gone too far.

Now, being a LEO one would hope he wouldn't get drawn into this kind of thing. Especially going so far as to bring it into real life.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I don't think so...

I listened to a good chunk of the audio on the video at the link and because the cop was from Mississippi, you get a southern accent in there that is often heard from both black or white southerners. His initial diatribe was more like what you might hear from whites (or any other racial/ethnic group) who live in predominantly black neighborhoods. They pick up the prevailing cadence and slang of the area (same goes for blacks in predominantly white neighborhoods). But then the cop also used the term "dude" which is a word that whites use far more than blacks, and as the conversation continued, he sounded more and more white as the slang dropped away. The cop is youngish though.

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. Okay. I didn"t listen to the whole thing ...

too many N-words, for my taste.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. You got that right

It was WAY over the top. The type of bravado nonsense that goes on over gaming network chats, is ridiculous. It's like a juvenile version of playing the dozens.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Call of Duty, I'm guessing?

[cui bono]

10. He's an idiot for giving out his identifying information...

David asked him to prove he was a police officer, and Slater provided his badge number, name, and other identifying information – including the phone number for the Jackson County sheriff’s department.

Doh!

[christx30]

17. Now that was just stupid.

Glad Jackson county has been able to divest itself of one bad egg. He probably wasn't the only one.

[cui bono]

21. Well as mentioned by 1StrongBlackMan above, he most likely was black himself so it wasn't racist,

but I don't want people who allow themselves to be drawn into stupid online bravado fights at all, especially not to the point where one voluntarily divulges information like that so easily because of ego. Someone like that has no business being in law enforcement. I can only imagine what he would act like on the street with someone who doesn't immediately comply or dares ask him a question. I can see it escalating to a shooting with an ego like that.

[christx30]

22. Mostly I think any cop

that thinks they get paid to beat people up has a fundamental misunderstanding of their role as a peace officer.

[cui bono]

23. Yeah, I forgot to include that part!!! n/t

[AverageJoe90]

18. Haha, good on ya, David!

BTW, any gamers on here might want to look up KOSDFF on Youtube sometime. Most of his stuff is just wacky hijinks but he does occasionally post videos of him destroying racists and other assholes.

[romanic]

25. Xbox Live

is like a den of racists and foul-mouthed brats smack talking one another. I don't mind smack talk but call me the "n-word" or the "f-word" and it's GAME OVER!