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FIRED: Lexington police chief out of a job after racist, expletive-laced recording is leaked
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/07/20/fired-lexington-police-chief-out-job-after-racist-expletive-laced-recording-is-leaked/FIRED: Lexington police chief out of a job after racist, expletive-laced recording is leaked
By Quentin Smith
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:19 PM EDT|Updated: 14 hours ago
LEXINGTON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Lexington police chief is out of a job after the board of aldermen voted to remove him on a narrow vote.
At a special meeting Wednesday, the board voted 3-2 to oust embattled Chief Sam Dobbins, days after an expletive-laced, racist recording said to be him was made public.
The board almost immediately went into executive session, where they were for more than an hour.
[...]
A man on the recording, who Hooker says is Dobbins, used numerous expletives, and multiple racial epithets/derogatory terms, and bragged about shooting one suspect at least 119 times.
(An edited copy of the recording can be heard below. Listener discretion is advised.)
[...]
By Quentin Smith
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:19 PM EDT|Updated: 14 hours ago
LEXINGTON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Lexington police chief is out of a job after the board of aldermen voted to remove him on a narrow vote.
At a special meeting Wednesday, the board voted 3-2 to oust embattled Chief Sam Dobbins, days after an expletive-laced, racist recording said to be him was made public.
The board almost immediately went into executive session, where they were for more than an hour.
[...]
A man on the recording, who Hooker says is Dobbins, used numerous expletives, and multiple racial epithets/derogatory terms, and bragged about shooting one suspect at least 119 times.
(An edited copy of the recording can be heard below. Listener discretion is advised.)
[...]
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