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Reidsville, Georgia, Police Chief Stacey Wilds wants to fire officer Anderson Deliford Jr. In a letter to city officials, Wilds said that Deliford, who was hired last year after getting fired by another police department, has already compiled a lengthy record of issues in Reidsville, including chasing a car without activating his lights, ignoring calls, making invalid traffic stops, and writing the wrong charges on some citations. But Mayor Curtis Colwell is not allowing Deliford to be fired. In fact, Colwell required Wilds to give Deliford back pay for a recent suspension he was given. The mayor declined to comment on the issue when contacted by a local TV station.

Comments

[Adans smith]

So, what does this cop have on the mayor?

[MatthewSlyfield]

And/or how is this cop related to the mayor?

[Marshal]

Good decision, after all expecting employees to show up on time is white supremacy.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Most values that include personal accountability and objectivity are white supremacy.

Thus, the most important question: WHAT COLOR ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Come on, Reason. Don't you even DEI?

[Don't look at me!]

Skin color is the most important thing

[Brandybuck]

The "values of White Supremacy" thing is purely academic. No one believes it out in the real world. Except maybe some journalists. But even in academia it's not much of a thing. A college department head is not going to tolerate laziness, innumeracy, tardiness, and poor verbal skills just because of someone's skin color. The idea is just a tool they use to justify their existence at said university. It's an excuse they use for their own lack of professionalism.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It appears the mayor does not even have this authority. Something is fishy.

[Mr. Bumble]

When did that ever stop a politician?

[mad.casual]

I'm actually kinda surprised it hasn't stopped a Chief of 'Respect Muh Authoritah!' Deliford in jail facing charges would put a definitive end to it.

That leaves... [pulls bingo ball from tumbler] The Police Union!

[Cyto]

Seriously.... if he doesn't have the authority, why follow those edicts. Unless the police chief can be fired at will by the Mayor.

[Longtobefree]

Reba had something to say about this:

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

[MatthewSlyfield]

Where was the cat when the lights went out in Georgia?
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In the Dark.

[Ajsloss]

Remember when KFC had all those different people play Colonel Sanders? Reba was the best of the bunch.

[Restoring the Dream]

Vicki Lawrence

[Dillinger]

ripped from the pages of In the Heat of the Night