Confederate flag underwear policeman says N Charleston fired him because he’s white (SC) [View all]
Andrew Knapp
Jun 10 2016 12:01 pm
A former North Charleston police officer who appeared on Facebook in Confederate flag underwear says he was fired because he’s white.
Sgt. Shannon Dildine posted the photograph of himself five days after Dylann Roof fatally shot nine black worshippers at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church.
In a federal lawsuit filed this week, Dildine said he was aware of a debate about the Confederate battle flag flying outside the Statehouse. To him, the banner represented defiance of big government. But he did not know, he said, that Roof used it as a symbol of white supremacy or hatred of black people.
City officials fired the officer within days, saying the image was inflammatory and showed poor judgment ...
http://www.postandcourier.com/20160610/160619955/policeman-with-confederate-flag-underwear-says-north-charleston-fired-him-because-hes-white
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