Cenk Uygur
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Racist Facebook Post Gets Cop Fired
Posted
September 30, 2016
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September 30, 2016
184,082
3,579
1,570
2.80%
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9:31Now PlayingA North Carolina police officer probably regrets sharing this Facebook post. Cenk Uygur, Hasan Piker, and Francis Maxwell, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“A Chadbourn, N.C., police officer was fired Tuesday after stirring up controversy with a post made on Facebook, WNCN reports.
The officer in question, Ricky Soles, told the news station that he was offered the opportunity to resign, but he refused. He was then terminated for violating the law-enforcement code of ethics and for actions unbecoming of an officer, the news site notes.
On Monday, Soles deleted his Facebook account in the wake of a post that many in the community called racist and offensive, WNCN notes. The post read, in part:”
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