NYPD cop fired for sharing racist cartoon mocking George Floyd's death, expletive-filled messages

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NEW YORK — A 13-year veteran New York Police Department cop has been fired for sending a vile 2020 group text message mocking the death of George Floyd beneath a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, The New York Daily News has learned.

Probationary Sgt. Yonathan Bonifacio, whose dismissal became effective this past December, forwarded an image of Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin with his knee on Floyd’s neck as a white spirit was seen exiting the dead Black man’s body, NYPD disciplinary documents showed.

“Holy s---, I’m finally white,” says the Floyd character, while Chauvin is depicted as responding “You’re welcome.”

Bonifacio shared the message with nine subordinates, two of them Black officers, just three months after Floyd’s death ignited violence and mass protests across the country in the summer of 2020.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/veteran-nypd-cop-fired-for-sharing-racist-cartoon-mocking-george-floyd-s-death-expletive-filled-messages/ar-AAYNRgF

[VarryOn]

1. I don't get why it takes months to fire a govt employee...

Seems to be a pattern. In the corporate world, something like this would take an afternoon.

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2. Towards the end of the Vietnam war, my father was in charge of...

a federal govt dept that awarded contracts to weapons suppliers.

During one of our many fly fishing trips, he told me the sad tale of one of his underlings that had not been in the office for over a year, and was still receiving his government (paid by us) paycheck.

Dad initiated the requirements to get him fired. It took him almost two years (in which time the "employee" still received his government paycheck) to finally get the authorization to fire him.

Unions can be lifesavers for those who really need them, but sometimes they are an impediment to justice.

[VarryOn]

3. My HR requires thorough documentation of misbehaviour...

And it can very quite annoying. But, at the end of the day, if we need to pull the trigger, we can in a somewhat reasonable amount of time. Not two damn years...with pay.

Unions help support our party, so I give them lots of leeway. But, two years for a parasite....mmmm, no. Lol

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4. Please don't get me wrong...

I support unions, but I have a REAL problem with police unions and others like them that drag the process out for absurd lengths of time, and do it to protect corrupt, unqualified people that aren't qualified to be gutter sweepers.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Old timey gospel - white spirit

Old timey gospel -

'We'll all be white in the heavenly light.'

Newer playings have changed that phrase.

[electric_blue68]

6. Good to hear. Even if it took time...

I'm a big Union Supporter BUT Police Union's are a different story in a major way.