Black Officer Who Defended George Floyd Fired From Police Department
As the world mourned the death of George Floyd and fought for justice for Black Lives, many also began to speak out against the injustices, including police officers themselves.
One particular Officer, whose story we shared after he went viral for his Tik Tok video was recently fired from duty for expressing his thoughts.
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Officer Willams posted a video on his account where he spoke about the murder of George Floyd and pleaded for other officers to not stay silent when they see a fellow officer doing something bad. He encouraged them to not be afraid to step in.
Unfortunately, the Greensboro Police Department terminated him because they claim that his social media videos is a violation of department policy. He did not post anything negative on his channel and was simply giving his side of the story as an officer.
He and his family are currently seeking legal action.
conundrum4u2 on August 19th, 2020 at 00:50 UTC »
So where's HIS union reps?
countythrowaway on August 18th, 2020 at 23:58 UTC »
Same thing happened to me in 2004. I witnessed 7 officers beat a triple amputee,caught it on camera, reported it and got fired.
They will make sure he can’t find work, and he will be blacklisted anywhere in law enforcement for the rest of his life, he needs to either lawyer up and get ready for the fight of his life, or move to the opposite coast and find a new career.
link to my AMA from 6 years ago
Edit: I’ve said for 16 years that I will testify in front of congress or any legitimate news source about what I saw for nearly 3 years. No one ever really listened and my AMA only got 4.5k upvotes. If someone out there is willing to let me speak..... DM
Edit 2: the video. I have the DVD that contains the video that was made in 2004. Myself, along with several attorneys and people who know their stuff have tried to get it to play right, but it’s choppy. If anyone has any advice or wants to help me get it to play right, I’ll take it. I want the video to be shown to the world, but the format is awful. It may be because it was taken from a CCTV and has to be played on proprietary software, I don’t know.
AdmiralAkbar1 on August 18th, 2020 at 23:25 UTC »
So it seems that the department has a "no political statements on social media" clause for its officers, which makes sense to a degree. The real question, however, is whether they're applying their policy unequally to particular political beliefs.