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[DC R1D3R]

Specifically, she was fired for trying to stop a fellow officer from choking a handcuffed suspect.

hashtag SURPRISE!

 

[lednerg]

Holy shit. I hope this gets national attention.

"Support Former Officer Cariol Horne" gofundme campaign.

 

[kmax]

Finally some justi-

 

[Blader]

What a bait and switch thread title. Reeled me right the fuck in.

 

[entremet]

Oh she's black?

Makes sense now sadly.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Welp, put 'Doing your job while Black' on the list. Right between 'Dating while Black' and 'Driving while black'. Any more that start with the letter D?

 

[wildfire]

See, there are good cops willing to stand up to the bad ones! They just get fired for it.

That's why there are so few good cops.

 

[JDSN]

Damn, racist cop defense force is gonna have to create a new template to post for this situation.

 

[wildfire]

officer Gregory Kwiatkowski
-indicted on federal civil rights violations against black teen suspects last may
-punches handcuffed suspect
-chokeholds handcuffed suspect
-punches fellow Officer Cariol Horne
-suspended for choking another officer on the job and punching another officer when he was off the clock
-forced to retire with pension

Officer Cariol Horne
-tries to stop choking on suspect
-fired with no pension

This story exemplifies white privilege to the fullest extent.

Please tell me this is a joke.

*googles it*

 

[ivysaur12]

Yeah, but I bet she was no angel.

 

[Fusebox]

That thread title.

That twist.

Goddamn...

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Oh good! Let me just read the OP and...

 

[HarryKS]

She lost her pension because she was fired due to her actions, which stopped her reaching 20 years. It's directly related.



The sun was shining that day. Not everything is bad.

Why are you going to such lengths to play this down?

It's not how it works. The person who processes pension allocations has no say on that. He or she does not see a sidenote indicating circumstances that led to the officer being fired. If it has to be 20 years of active participation in the force, then has to be 20 on paper.

I'm not playing this down in any way and pointing out that the OP entirely neglects the part where it is being mentioned that the case is being reviewed and should, if things are just in this world, lead to getting her due.

Instead what we got was a piece of litterature that does not present the situation fairly and treats a case that happened 8 years ago as part of an epidemic that's sweeping the nation. I understand how it might seem relevant but I don't agree how the information is being disseminated.

I never sided with the decision to punish her for trying to do her job. That is something entirely different. I'm just saying the decision to remove her pension was not an inflicted punishment, rather one that was incurred. The result might have been the same in both ways but the intent was clearly not.

There's nothing complicated about it. You always have to take a step back and analyze the situation from all angles.