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Related: About this forumPennsylvania 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 protestsBrad 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 Sundays 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
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samnsara
(17,604 posts)1. uh oh....
MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)2. And he gets to keep his job
for how long? Oh thats right, hes a volunteer so.... 😡
unblock
(52,116 posts)3. Volunteers can be fired
And man is *that* embarrassing!
MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)4. Id be worried if I were
African-American with a burning house on his watch.
unblock
(52,116 posts)5. exactly why he should be fired.
in that position, a bigoted rant goes *way* beyond merely being offensive.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)7. FYI:......
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............
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.
onecaliberal
(32,777 posts)6. What in the complete fucking hell.
dhill926
(16,314 posts)8. this shit is part of why they're kneeling...
asshole....