Baltimore black firefighter confesses noose hoax
WARNING: Snoop is in a politically cranky mood today. Now that does not mean that I’m in a bad mood, on the contrary, but I am having less and less tolerance for political bullshit today than most days.
I’m uploading a couple of You Tube clips that will highlight some of my crankiness. One will be of the beloved comedian Lewis Black. I was watching this Comedy Central end of year special and Lewis Black is again doing his best “I hate George Bush” routine.
Either this mutherfucker is getting to old and senile to come up with any original material or the Democrats are paying this bastard some big time jack to bash Bush and Republicans. Frankly I’m sick of his and other comedians’ bullshit when it comes to including anti-Republican humor in their routines. More on that later.
First this is from Michelle Malkin talking about one of the noose events from awhile ago.
Turns out it was a hoax, what a fucken shock!
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Update: A new story in the Batimore Sun this morning reveals that a widely reported noose in Baltimore was a hoax–most likely perpetrated to distract from a cheating scandal…The man was suspended last week for performance-related issues and will likely face additional punishment, fire officials said. Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Police Department and for Mayor Sheila Dixon, said the man admitted to the hoax and will not face criminal charges.
Officials identified the firefighter who they say acknowledged writing the note as Donald Maynard, a firefighter-paramedic apprentice who is black. Maynard could not be reached for comment.
The rope incident sparked outrage two weeks ago and prompted a federal investigation into possible civil rights violations. It was the latest in a series of incidents that have cast the Fire Department in a poor light over the past year, including the death of a recruit in a training exercise and accusations of racism.
The news of the hoax came a day after a report released by the city’s inspector general found that the top performers on two recent Fire Department promotions exams likely cheated amid lapses in testing security.
A black firefighters group had called accusations of cheating racially motivated after union officials questioned the test scores. But the investigation found that five African-American firefighters had studied by using a 2001 exam, which is against test protocol.
On Nov. 21, a handwritten note and a rope were discovered about 1:30 a.m. by two Fire Department employees - one black and one white. It read, “We cant [sic] hang the cheaters but we can hang the failures. NO EMT-I, NO JOB.” A small stick figure with a noose and the word “Stop” were drawn below the message.
The note appeared to refer to the cheating investigation and a push by top fire officials to compel emergency medical technicians to become certified as paramedics. Maynard was among those whose jobs were at risk.
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