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Brickbat: At Least It Wasn't a Thong

Charles Oliver | 7.2.2015 6:00 AM

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The North Charleston, South Carolina, police department has fired Sgt. Shannon Dildine after he posted a photo to Facebook of himself wearing only a pair of boxer shorts designed like the Confederate battle flag.

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