hmmm.

Racist piece of shit got exactly what he deserved. Self-immolation.

while on duty, in uniform, in a patrol vehicle,
unfortunately, there are lots of special idiots in law enforcement.

Kudos to this Sheriff for taking swift action and he'll probably lose his POST certification.

I wonder if he was drunk as well. He sure is a special kind of stupid!

Good to hear that the Sheriff moved so quickly, so many would have tried to bury it.

BTW lots of cops are very very very much red neck assholes.

Plus a signing bonus in the tens of thousands...

…. who had been fired for various things and crimes who no doubt are now part of Trump’s head
busters called ICE and I guarantee you they are very loyal to Trump and are MAGA to the core.

and I'll bet that the former Sheriff encouraged this behavior, or if he didn't, he sure didn't do anything to address it and weed out the bad cops.

I'm guessing the reason this cop was fired so quickly is because the new Sheriff was aware of this cops racist tendencies and was closely watching him.

Glad to see this Sheriff taking out the trash and attempting to get rid of the bad cops.

If an officers or Sheriff deputies POST certificate is revoked, they're done as a cop.

:

and the racism needs to be pulled out at the roots.

Sadly, the roots are deep.

Killin' in the name of...!

Yahoo Nutsack?

good one, though, highly unlikely.
For the Sheriff to take such swift action, such as termination and possible revocation of his POST certification, there had to be some sort of history with this former deputy.

I'll bet there's some other punishments in there that the former Sheriff ignored.

This new Sheriff sounds like a stand up person who will no longer tolerate this bullshit and I hope he cleans house of the obvious bad deputies.

his name will be released, there's no way they can keep that secret very long, the reasoning is to give the deputy time to inform his family of his termination and the likely revocation of his POST certification.

The reasoning is bullshit, the public has a right to know, but it is what it is.

Standards vary so much by state. I only respond because your post seems to minimize the wandering bad officer issue that has improved, but still remains.
As far as I can tell, South Carolina requires the council can only revoke certification if the officer falsified info on application for certification or training, did not complete required training, or one of the following:
a. Conviction, plea of guilty, plea of no contest or admission of guilt (regardless of withheld adjudication) to a felony, or a crime punishable by a sentence of more than one year (regardless of the sentence actually imposed, if any), or a crime of moral turpitude in this or any other jurisdiction;
b. Unlawful use of a controlled substance;
c. The repeated use of excessive force in dealing with the public and/or prisoners;
d. Dangerous and/or unsafe practices involving firearms, weapons, and/or vehicles which indicate either a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;
e. Physical or psychological abuse of members of the public and/or prisoners;
f. Misrepresentation of employment-related information;
g. Dishonesty with respect to his/her employer;
h. Untruthfulness with respect to his/her employer;
i. Violations of criminal law resulting from administrative inquiries.
Provided however that in considering whether to withdraw certification based on misconduct, the Council may consider the seriousness, frequency and any mitigating circumstances surrounding the act or omission constituting or alleged to constitute misconduct.
It seems that this horrible act may not fit in one of these categories and even if it did, enforcement is somewhat discretionary.

It's right there at the end of the article.

My point still stands about wandering bad officers. I feel we too often have the mistaken belief that an officer’s misconduct will take them off the streets for good, but sadly this is not the case. States vary as to how committed they are to the decertification process. There are also some states that allow recertification if the conduct wouldn’t lead to decertification in the state. Whether he is actually decertified by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy will depend on whether they can prove that his misconduct fits one of the enumerated categories provided above. It is not clear they can. Violating department policies doesn’t seem to be one of them.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/south-carolina/R-38-016

he does have the right to appeal.
This racist POS has no business being in Law Enforcement, he has no business being in any position of authority and hopefully his cert. is revoked permanently.

or bothered to look it up--- because I had no idea, never seen that before...


but yes, they did the right thing!

Learn something new every day on DU.

(of which few things can be found)....


Yeah, us older guys can't keep up with the most current text acronyms---
not that we would want to use that one

I figured it might have been that from the header, but never heard it before.

Too many racists still in LE.
(And in general, where3ver they are. Though 0 would be great... some day.)

is what DEI was all about!

If this behavior is acceptable to you, then you go to Hell!
Go to Hell and die!

and wants the job.

He'd fit right in with Krasnov.

Win stupid prizes. The best part of this, is that he has nobody to blame but himself. May he get everything he deserves.