the comments included disparaging comments about the existence of systemic racism and statistics about the Black community.
In the recordings, Hoefling [the fired officer] can be heard debating and ridiculing statistics on inequities, like the higher likelihood of Black women dying in childbirth.
In one example, Hoefling comments that Black Americans have a disparate amount of the nation’s wealth “because they don’t work,” and White Americans have more of the nation’s wealth “because they work.” ...
. . . In a response to an email from an HR staff member about hosting “healing circles” events following the trial of Derek Chauvin, the disgruntled officer replied to all city staff that they disagreed that Floyd’s murder was “a murder, a killing, things to that effect” and that the issue was rather about “complying with simple instructions given by police.”
From the December 9 issue of the Sun Post (covers 4 western suburbs - Golden Valley, Crystal, Robbinsdale, New Hope)
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_post/news/local/golden-valley-fires-officer-following-alleged-violation-of-data-practices-act/article_15933a04-71c7-11ed-a2e3-0f7541f8321d.html
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