Mass. cop punished for racial slur at Crawford
Mass. cop punished for racial slur at Crawford
LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts police officer was put on paid leave Wednesday after an internal investigation found that he directed a racial slur at Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford.
Officer John Perrault was suspended pending a disciplinary hearing scheduled for next week at which he could face more severe punishment, and could even be fired, Leominster (LEH'-min-stuhr) Mayor Dean Mazzarella and Police Chief Robert Healey said.
Perreault engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer, according to the chief and mayor.
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Witnesses said a heckling fan called Crawford, who is black, a "monday" before a game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Portland Sea Dogs. Crawford said he interpreted the word as a racial slur.
More:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/07/18/carl-crawford-racial-slur.ap/index.html
I looked it up on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs#cite_note-129
And it attributed "Monday" as an ethnic slur to: