Miami-Dade Fire Captain Blames Trayvon Martin Killing on ‘Shitbag’ Parents of ‘Urban Youths’

[babylonsister]

And guys like this are a huge part of the problem.


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/16/464890/miami-captain-shitbag-parents/

Miami-Dade Fire Captain Blames Trayvon Martin Killing on ‘Shitbag’ Parents of ‘Urban Youths’

By Ian Millhiser on Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 am


The Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Department opened an investigation into a racist post on one of its captains’ Facebook page. According to The Grio, Brian Beckmann, a captain in the Miami-Dade fire department, posted a rant on his Facebook page suggesting that Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman was unjustly accused and that Martin’s killing can be blamed upon poor parenting by “urban” parents who are “welfare dependent”:



For the record, Trayvon Martin’s mother is a program coordinator at the Miami-Dade Housing Authority. His father is a truck driver. So neither parent is “dependent” on welfare.

[SteveABG]

1. Someone should explain the first amendment to him.

He thinks, like many people, that the First Amendment means saying what you want, without repercussions.

Sorry, you tool.

It just means government can't ban it.

But your ass can be fired for it.

[coalition_unwilling]

4. He is probably protected by Civil Service code (or

even a collective bargaining agreement).

The cure for speech like this is more speech (and quaint and obsolete notions such as shaming)

[eShirl]

2. Ah ok, thought he meant Zimmerman's dad. n/t

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. Wasn't Trayvon visiting his father in a GATED COMMUNITY?

I'm confused how that has anything to do with this. So, black kid=welfare dependent, uneducated parents? That is blantantly racist and someone is probably going to get fired for this.

[ZombieHorde]

5. How stupid. nt

[Initech]

6. Oh sure - it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that:

Zimmerman is a violent psychopath with a criminal history who may or may not have been convicted twice for felonious assault of a police officer and had easy access to guns thanks to our nation having the loosest gun laws in the world.

Nope - it's "urban parents" fault.