(CNN) A Columbia, South Carolina, police officer was fired Monday evening after he was seen on video using the n-word during a heated exchange with customers outside a bar.
Sgt. Chad Walker was ordering customers to leave the bar in the Five Points neighborhood shortly after 11:00 p.m. Saturday, enforcing mandatory bar closing times in place because of the coronavirus, according to a statement issued by the Columbia Police Department.
Bodycam video released by the department shows Walker responding to a muffled comment from a male patron, saying, "You're a little color-blind, sir."
Outside the bar, when a White patron confronts Walker, the customer says, "My issue is you talking to these people of color as if they are less than human."
Walker pointing to a Black male who was in the bar, responds: "People of color? The gentleman right there that called me a N***er?"
SgathTriallair on September 6th, 2020 at 15:09 UTC »
If he had just shot the guy instead of yelling at him he'd still have a job.
NorCalStacci on September 6th, 2020 at 14:38 UTC »
I am sure another police force will hire him. They always do.
Rickshmitt on September 6th, 2020 at 12:50 UTC »
If only all the cops shown murdering people had used the N word, they would have been fired.