Tennessee cop fired after being caught on video high-fiving N-word-spewing Trump supporter

[Demovictory9]

The Tennessean reports that former Franklin Police Officer Seth Schilling late last year was called to a disturbance at a local bar, where an employee of the bar complained about a group of men causing a disturbance and yelling out racial slurs.

When Schilling arrived at the bar, he found a group of men in the bar parking lot, whom he questioned about the alleged disturbance.


One of the men responded by yelling out the N-word as a celebration of his Constitutionally protected free speech.


"N*gger!" yelled the man, according to video footage reviewed by the Tennessean. "See! First Amendment! First Amendment!"

The man also told Schilling that he was a "big Donald Trump supporter," to which Schilling replied that he was as well -- and then proceeded to give the man a high five.

"When Schilling was questioned about the high-five during an administrative interview, he said it was because the man was a Trump supporter, but after reviewing the video a second time said it was for the freedom of speech comment," reports the Tennessean.

https://www.rawstory.com/-franklin-police-officer-seth-schilling-/

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2021/04/28/franklin-tennessee-police-officer-fired-high-fiving-man-who-used-racial-slur/7387586002/

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[uponit7771]

1. Putin's Whore fueled and enabled this shit

[Demovictory9]

2. more

According to a transcript of an internal affairs hearing, he also said he instinctively "went for it" when the man put his hand up, since drunk people often ask for high-fives or handshakes. He said it wasn't for the slur.

“The conversation was getting a little weird and it was honestly just trying to keep the situation calm,” he said, according to the transcript.


Additionally, at the hearing, Schilling said he had become numb to slurs because inmates frequently said them when he worked as a correctional officer.

Human resources director Kevin Townsel said Schilling participated in a “grotesque conversation” and didn't condemn the slur, saying further that the man could've overpowered Schilling and taken his gun during the high-five.

A review of Chief Deborah Faulkner's decision to fire Schilling found that he showed no remorse for high-fiving the man.

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Tennessee-officer-fired-for-high-fiving-man-using-16135795.php

[skypilot]

3. Please tell me that...

...it was video from his own bodycam that caught him being this deplorable.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

4. The Not Sees are basically saying

That any non Trump worshipping folks are garbage, and do not deserve the protection of the law. Some are more equal than others.