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Politico? That racist rag? 'Nuff said.Fun in my neck of the woods.
The mayor of Clark, Sal Bonaccorso, and its police chief, Pedro Matos, were caught on tape allegedly using racial slurs — yes, even that one — and joking about lynching.
And that’s not all. When the cop who secretly made the recordings came forward with them, the town didn’t take any steps to rectify the situation, according to the article. Instead, the council quietly approved a $400,000 payment to keep the whistleblower quiet and to remain on the payroll without working until retiring with a full pension.
This happened two years ago. Bonaccorso is still mayor. The Union County Prosecutor’s Office took control of the town’s police department a few months after the payment, but a promised report on the situation from the state attorney general has not materialized. Meanwhile, Matos and two other cops have spent the last two years on paid administrative leave.
The article and I use the word “allegedly” because it’s hard to prove 100 percent that those tapes are their voices and haven’t been altered. But let’s be real: If you look at all the circumstances around it as laid out in the article, it’s hard to imagine they’re faked.
But this is not a racist country. Not if you're white, I guess.
There, there. Here you go.Politico? That racist rag? 'Nuff said.
Without proof it was them on the recording nothing should have happened. Modern technology makes it very simple to fake a recording. Nobody should have their life ruined because of something that could be 100% fake.Fun in my neck of the woods.
The mayor of Clark, Sal Bonaccorso, and its police chief, Pedro Matos, were caught on tape allegedly using racial slurs — yes, even that one — and joking about lynching.
And that’s not all. When the cop who secretly made the recordings came forward with them, the town didn’t take any steps to rectify the situation, according to the article. Instead, the council quietly approved a $400,000 payment to keep the whistleblower quiet and to remain on the payroll without working until retiring with a full pension.
This happened two years ago. Bonaccorso is still mayor. The Union County Prosecutor’s Office took control of the town’s police department a few months after the payment, but a promised report on the situation from the state attorney general has not materialized. Meanwhile, Matos and two other cops have spent the last two years on paid administrative leave.
The article and I use the word “allegedly” because it’s hard to prove 100 percent that those tapes are their voices and haven’t been altered. But let’s be real: If you look at all the circumstances around it as laid out in the article, it’s hard to imagine they’re faked.
But this is not a racist country. Not if you're white, I guess.
Right. They paid $400,000 because it wasn't them.Without proof it was them on the recording nothing should have happened. Modern technology makes it very simple to fake a recording. Nobody should have their life ruined because of something that could be 100% fake.
Because it couldn’t have been extortion.Right. They paid $400,000 because it wasn't them.
That's right, it couldn't be. Next.Because it couldn’t have been extortion.
Yet he didn’t lose his job. Because the whole world is racistThat's right, it couldn't be. Next.
Well, the powers at be are at least, in a town that is 95% whiteYet he didn’t lose his job. Because the whole world is racist
Amiright?
Possibly. But back to my original comment, he shouldn’t have lost his position without any proof he said it.Well, the powers at be are at least, in a town that is 95% white
A recording is proof.Possibly. But back to my original comment, he shouldn’t have lost his position without any proof he said it.
I ****ing hate whataboutism...Every day in big cities we see racial hate crimes. Like white people shoving old Asian women off of subway platforms or following them home and mugging them them in their apartment elevators. When is law enforcement ever going to address this issue?
So that makes this a racist country? How? You are a racist because of this?Fun in my neck of the woods.
The mayor of Clark, Sal Bonaccorso, and its police chief, Pedro Matos, were caught on tape allegedly using racial slurs — yes, even that one — and joking about lynching.
And that’s not all. When the cop who secretly made the recordings...
But this is not a racist country. Not if you're white, I guess.
No way to tell if it’s not fabricated.A recording is proof.
Police unions (Not your average police officers) are probably amongst the most corrupt institutions in the United States.
In my opinion, they are the reason for bad apples, racist apples, call them whatever you want -> staying on the force. If you look at every major case that caused racial uproar in the US, all of them were cops with prior disciplinary records. If the unions were efficient and put principles to serve the public first -> then they would have done their job and fired them.
A state within a state.
Kalifornia? Kaching. A win.
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