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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Absolutely Not be Tolerated': South Carolina Cop Fired the Next Morning After Posting a Photo of Himself in a Ski Mask [View all]
A South Carolina sheriffs office immediately fired one of its deputies for a racially offensive social media post pointing to Black people while he was on duty.
According to The Post and Courier, a Spartanburg County deputy was sitting in his patrol car when he took a photo of himself in a ski mask and captioned his social post with, To find a YN, you must be a YN.
YN is the abbreviated form of young n****.
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That kind of stuff will absolutely not be tolerated under any circumstances at this agency under my leadership, Rhyne said at a press conference, per WYFF. What we do in uniform and the things and the choices that we make in uniform not only reflects on themselves, but it reflects on every man and woman that wears this uniform, not only here at the sheriffs office, but across the entire state in the United States.
Rhyne said the deputy violated policies that dictate that staff members must not behave in ways that discredit themselves or the sheriffs office or post ethnically derogatory material on social media.
According to The Post and Courier, a Spartanburg County deputy was sitting in his patrol car when he took a photo of himself in a ski mask and captioned his social post with, To find a YN, you must be a YN.
YN is the abbreviated form of young n****.
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That kind of stuff will absolutely not be tolerated under any circumstances at this agency under my leadership, Rhyne said at a press conference, per WYFF. What we do in uniform and the things and the choices that we make in uniform not only reflects on themselves, but it reflects on every man and woman that wears this uniform, not only here at the sheriffs office, but across the entire state in the United States.
Rhyne said the deputy violated policies that dictate that staff members must not behave in ways that discredit themselves or the sheriffs office or post ethnically derogatory material on social media.
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/28/south-carolina-cop-fired-t-after-posting-a-photo-of-himself/
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Good to see that Sherriff Rhyne acting so quickly.
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'Absolutely Not be Tolerated': South Carolina Cop Fired the Next Morning After Posting a Photo of Himself in a Ski Mask [View all]
sheshe2
Saturday
OP
You've got to be a special kind of idiot to do that and then post it on social media
MarineCombatEngineer
Saturday
#3
One of the first things Trump did was expunge the federal records of 150,000 or 250,000 ex cops ...
Botany
Sunday
#42
All I can say is NOTHING HAS CHANGED! I spent nearly 4 years in Sumter, SC in the mid-1960s
usaf-vet
Sunday
#39
I'm not sure why you think revocation is likely. Rules for both officers and supervisors vary greatly by state?
Ilikepurple
Saturday
#25
Sorry, I did miss Rhyne's comment in the last line. I hope I'm wrong and you and Rhyne are right.
Ilikepurple
Saturday
#29
The Sheriff in the video made it clear that if they do pull his cert.
MarineCombatEngineer
Saturday
#30
Rather amazing to me, that a South Carolina sheriff's dept knew what the acronym 'YN' meant,
Jack Valentino
Saturday
#21