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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia Prosecutor Suspended After Vile Attack On Maxine Waters
California Prosecutor Suspended After Vile Attack On Maxine Waters
You would think someone would have shot this b***h by now, one Facebook comment from his account read.
By Mary Papenfuss
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prosecutor-suspended-maxine-waters_us_5b43e0f4e4b048036ea18a39
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Michael Selyem, the lead gang prosecutor for the county district attorneys office, is being investigated over the offensive Facebook and Instagram comments, authorities said Monday.
Staff complaints prompted the investigation, District Attorney Michael Ramos said. The San Bernardino County district attorneys office does not condone hate, discrimination or incitement of violence, he told reporters on Monday. Our community and the entire criminal justice system depends on having a fair, ethical, and unbiased prosecutor.
Selyems Facebook and Instagram accounts have been deleted. But a former member of his office captured screengrabs of several posts, which were passed on to law enforcement officials and The San Bernardino Sun, which first reported on them.
The post about Waters reads: Being a loud-mouthed c#nt in the ghetto you would think someone would have shot this bitch by now.
The message appeared after Waters called on protesters last month to confront members of the Trump administration in public peacefully over the presidents harsh immigration policy. Her comments triggered a debate about civility in politics.
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Facebook archive grab/Michael Selyem
A screengrab of a comment about Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) from the Facebook account of prosecutor Michael Selyem.
Selyem also posted a doctored image of Michelle Obama holding a sign saying that President Donald Trump grabbed my penis, The Sun reported.
When someone else complained about a police shooting, the reply from Selyems account was: Go fuck yourself, you liberal shit bag.
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A screengrab of another comment from Michael Selyems Facebook account.
One comment from Selyems account said he was all for white males immigrating here legally and starting a business. But as for Mexican immigrants, he wrote in another post: Mexican word of the day: Hide, according to The Sun.
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Screengrab of a comment from Selyems account saying hes all for white males immigrating here legally.
The posts are clearly outside the boundaries of civil service norms, Zeke Hernandez, president of a chapter of the Santa Ana League of United Latin American Citizens, told the newspaper. Law enforcement personnel and officers of the court system should not incite violence.
Ramos said that the investigation could result in Selyems termination. This is a very serious matter, he added.
Ramos said he was particularly concerned about Selyems attitude about the police shooting and about possible challenges to Selyems prosecutions now that his biases have been exposed. An assistant district attorney has been assigned to review Selyems cases, Ramos said at the press conference.
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California Prosecutor Suspended After Vile Attack On Maxine Waters (Original Post)
marble falls
Jul 2018
OP
Due process ? The DA said that the investigation could lead to him being fired.
OnDoutside
Jul 2018
#8
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. why not fired? This racist asshole doens't belong on the public payroll
mercuryblues
(14,526 posts)2. +1
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)8. Due process ? The DA said that the investigation could lead to him being fired.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)3. White Males Uber Alles
and this scumbag is collecting a fat paycheck from taxpayers
marble falls
(57,063 posts)4. I can't believe he got away with it for so long.
Initech
(100,055 posts)5. Guess he didn't get the memo about #Civility.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)6. Not his fault, it wasn't written in Caucasian.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)7. *SNORT*