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| Crystal Eschert, Fired By Charlotte Over Pro-Law Enforcement Post, Sues, Is Now Gonna Be A Millionaire |
| 2017-05-16 |
| h/t Instapundit A jury just sent the city of Charlotte a strong message: You can’t fire employees for saying things on Facebook you disagree with, and you can’t use those posts to justify an unlawful firing. The jury found that the city of Charlotte was retaliating against Crystal Eschert when they fired her for a Facebook post that she made in the days following the shooting of Michael Brown. The jury awarded her $1.5 million. On August 20, 2014, 10 days after the shooting of justifiably dead criminal, Michael Brown, Fire Investigator Crystal Eschert posted privately to her friends on her Facebook page: "White guy shot by police yesterday near Ferguson ... Where is Obama? Where is Holder? Where is Al Sharpton? Where are Trayvon Martin’s parents? Where are all the white guys supporters? So is everyone MAKING it a racial issue? So tired it’s a racial thing. If you are a thug and worthless to society, it’s not race ‐ You’re just a waste no matter what religion, race or sex you are." Somebody named Linda Havery later emailed then-police chief Rodney Monroe and Jon Hannan to complain about the Facebook post, according to Charlotte Observer. The e-mail complained that, even though the Facebook post was private, it "could cause unrest in the community." The city fired Eschert over the Facebook post, arguing that she could not do her job if she used words like, "thug." Hit the bastards with their own #1 weapon - lawfare. I like it |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Isn't the city going to appeal? |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-05-16 14:07 |
| #3 ... People forget that no matter how 'liberal' the media would like you to think NC is, the bottom line is that a loud liberal minority in Asheville, Charlotte, and Raliegh skews the state away from a VERY conservative majority. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-05-16 13:57 |
| #2 Of course, it's offensive to worshipers of Kali. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-16 13:28 |
| #1 'Thug' is now a BAD word? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-16 11:35 |