Sunday, June 9, 2013

Texas 911 Operator April Sims Really Doesn’t Like Black People: Fired for Racist Facebook Rants

Racist April Sims (Facebook)

“I can count on 1 hand the black people I know who don’t have [expletive] for brains!!!” one of Sims' posts stated.


Dallas, Texas

A Dallas 911 operator, who likes to spend time on Facebook, will now have all the time in the world for the social media outlet after being fired for airing her views of black people for the world to see.

The Dallas Police Department announced that April Sims, 23, has been fired for violating its social media policy. The firing came after Sims posted racist messages against African-Americans on her Facebook page.

Sims’ racially-motivated comments targeting blacks seemed to have been motivated by her time on the job as a 911 operator, which began in November.


“I’m a very easygoing person and I will give the shirt off my back to help others,” Sims wrote in another message, “but when call after call are black people fighting and screaming and hitting each other and they want to yell at me and treat me like [expletive] when I’m trying to help, is not cool.”

When asked by another Facebook member what she thought Dallas Police Chief David Brown would make of her statements, Sims was defiant.

“I stand by every word I said,” Sims wrote. “And do not apologize.”

The Dallas police policy on social media expressly forbids employees from posting messages on social networking sites that negatively affect morale, confidence and respect for the department.

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