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White police officer alleges racial bias after being fired for shooting black man
Source: The Guardian
White police officer alleges racial bias after being fired for shooting black man
Mississippi police officer Canyon Boykin files racial discrimination lawsuit
alleging he was fired from his job because the man he shot and killed is black
Matt Kessler in Oxford, Mississippi
Thursday 11 February 2016 12.00 GMT
A police officer who shot and killed a 26-year-old man in Columbus, Mississippi, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired from his job because he is white and the man he shot was black.
In a seven-page complaint, Canyon Boykin claims he is the victim of racial discrimination and that his 14th amendment rights were violated. He claims that he would not have been discharged “except that he is white and the deceased was black”.
Boykin was fired after he shot and killed Ricky Ball, in a case that has raised suspicion, questions and protests from the local community. But the city council’s official reason for firing him was not because of the shooting, but because he violated police department policies by posting offensive messages on Instagram and allowed his girlfriend to ride in his police car for an unauthorized “ride along”.
Columbus city attorney Jeff Turnage points to an Instagram photo that Boykin posted that makes use of a derogatory term for black people.
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Mississippi police officer Canyon Boykin files racial discrimination lawsuit
alleging he was fired from his job because the man he shot and killed is black
Matt Kessler in Oxford, Mississippi
Thursday 11 February 2016 12.00 GMT
A police officer who shot and killed a 26-year-old man in Columbus, Mississippi, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired from his job because he is white and the man he shot was black.
In a seven-page complaint, Canyon Boykin claims he is the victim of racial discrimination and that his 14th amendment rights were violated. He claims that he would not have been discharged “except that he is white and the deceased was black”.
Boykin was fired after he shot and killed Ricky Ball, in a case that has raised suspicion, questions and protests from the local community. But the city council’s official reason for firing him was not because of the shooting, but because he violated police department policies by posting offensive messages on Instagram and allowed his girlfriend to ride in his police car for an unauthorized “ride along”.
Columbus city attorney Jeff Turnage points to an Instagram photo that Boykin posted that makes use of a derogatory term for black people.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/11/mississippi-police-officer-racial-bias-ricky-ball-shooting
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The city of Columbus has released two official versions of a report on the shooting without having noted any alteration. The first version released in November claimed that Boykin used a stun gun on Ball. The second version released to the Guardian in January omits mention of the stun gun. And police say Ball possessed a gun that was stolen from a police officer. Reported burglaries to that officer’s home were not reported until after Ball’s death – months after they are alleged to have occurred.
So, Ball committed crimes after he was murdered by the cops
Response to MagickMuffin (Reply #2)
