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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 09:40 AM Sep 2017

Pennsylvania fire chief calls Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a no-good n*gger over NFL protests

Pennsylvania fire chief calls Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a ‘no-good n*gger’ over NFL protests
Brad Reed BRAD REED 26 SEP 2017 AT 07:57 ET

A fire chief from Pennsylvania has apologized for calling Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a “no-good n*gger” after his team did not come out onto the field for the national anthem during this Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

CBS Pittsburgh reports that Paul Smith, the chief of the volunteer fire department in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, posted on Facebook that Tomlin “just added himself to the list of no-good n*ggers” for his decision to note take the field during the anthem.

“Yes, I said it,” Smith added afterward.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/pennsylvania-fire-chief-calls-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-a-no-good-ngger-over-nfl-protests/
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Pennsylvania fire chief calls Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a no-good n*gger over NFL protests (Original Post) workinclasszero Sep 2017 OP
uh oh.... samnsara Sep 2017 #1
And he gets to keep his job MontanaMama Sep 2017 #2
Volunteers can be fired unblock Sep 2017 #3
Id be worried if I were MontanaMama Sep 2017 #4
exactly why he should be fired. unblock Sep 2017 #5
FYI:...... mrmpa Sep 2017 #7
Yikes. MontanaMama Sep 2017 #9
Yep, Yikes is right............ mrmpa Sep 2017 #10
What in the complete fucking hell. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #6
this shit is part of why they're kneeling... dhill926 Sep 2017 #8

unblock

(52,116 posts)
5. exactly why he should be fired.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:16 AM
Sep 2017

in that position, a bigoted rant goes *way* beyond merely being offensive.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
7. FYI:......
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:43 AM
Sep 2017

I think I knew this before I researched the answer:

Per wikipedia, there are a little under 10,000 people in this township & the demographics are: 97.42% White, 1.58% African American

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
10. Yep, Yikes is right............
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:07 PM
Sep 2017

I live in Allegheny County, about 10 miles from Cecil, which is in Washington County. I'm about 4 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. I drive through Cecil fairly often, going to Farmer's Markets and such, so I knew exactly what the face of Cecil is, it's white.

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