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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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  1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    If he had simply been exposed on social media beating the shit out of someone with a drug record, he'd still have a job. But one thing is clear. Before this they should have terminated him for the obvious lack of basic physical fitness required for law enforcement.

    1. Old Man With Candy   10 years ago

      Damn you, Fist, you magnificently rapid bastard.

      1. Adans smith   10 years ago

        I have conculded that Fist is a entity that lives in the Reason serer

        1. UnCivilServant   10 years ago

          Fist is a Squirrel?

          1. Charles Easterly   10 years ago

            Paw of Proprieties?

          2. Agammamon   10 years ago

            Skynet is Fist

    2. Adans smith   10 years ago

      Hey ,those donuts won't eat themselves.

      1. Pathogen   10 years ago

        Ahh.. the broken donut fallacy.. or eaten donut fallacy, if you prefer..

    3. straffinrun   10 years ago

      One star for each dog he shot. I call him an ace.

    4. Agammamon   10 years ago

      Oh come on. How fit do you need to be to spend the day riding around in a car? With 90% of your arrests being DV or drug violations found after a traffic stop?

      And dogs don't run until *after* you shoot them.

  2. The Shrubber's Woodchipper   10 years ago

    'X' marks the spot...for my foot!

  3. Charles Easterly   10 years ago

    Sadly, what Fist posted at 6:08 seems highly likely given the incidents many of us have read or heard about.

  4. JWW   10 years ago

    So this guy gets fired for wearing clothing on questionable taste, yet Hillary Clinton committed multiple actual felonies with her actions regarding her email server and selling favors to other countries and is likely to become President.

    1. pogi chipperwoodspecialhell   10 years ago

      What's your point, zek?

  5. Pope Jimbo   10 years ago

    Thong? THONG!!!!

    It is my time!!!!!

    http://www.theonion.com/graphi.....thong-9655

    1. dantheserene   10 years ago

      Goddammit, my eyes! How about a white, pasty, man-ass warning next time?

      Granted, I should have known better, but I should still be protected from my own poor decisions, right?

  6. AlgerHiss   10 years ago

    Dukes of Hazard bad?.Cuba and Fidel good.

    This country is truly dead. If you're a young person thinking of going into the military, you'd do well to think long and hard about what it is you think you'll be defending.

    If ISIS overtakes NYC, why would I care about that?

  7. sarcasmic   10 years ago

    If he had killed someone, nothing else would have happened.

  8. Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper   10 years ago

    Did WalMart pull Neil Young's "American Stars and Bars" album?

  9. Aresen   10 years ago

    Food Nazis come to British Schools

  10. Eman   10 years ago

    "Dildine" sounds like "like a dildo", but dildos only hurt if you want them too

  11. Reverend Draco   10 years ago

    I guess this cop should have cold-bloodedly gunned down a 4 year old child. . . he'd still have his job, plus a paid vacation while he was being "investigated" *winkwink*.

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