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Boston officer calls Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey"

Boston : MA : USA | 4 months ago

According to CNN, a Boston police officer, Justin Barrett, sent out a mass email in which he referred to Henry Louis Gates as a "banana-eating jungle monkey." Note that Barrett was not the arresting officer; that was Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley.

Barrett has been placed on administrative leave. He regrets his word choice and claims that he is not a racist.

His "jungle monkey" comment was used when referring to Gates' heated verbal 'assault' of James Crowley, at the time that Crowley investigated the break-in of Gates' home. He continued to use the term throughout his email.

It is possible that Barrett could lose his job for his seemingly racial slurs.

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EddieBuddha3 | 3 months ago

It would be fully appropriate that this officer be fired; it's one thing that he used the term repeatedly in his message, it's an entirely another that he continues to insist that he's not a racist.

When a person with the social responsibility of a police officer is involved in an incident as obvious as this one, who then broadcasts his own race hatred in such a glaringly blatant manner, and yet STILL insists after he's caught that he isn't a racist, that person should not by allowed to carry a gun.

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Bethany | 3 months ago

I agree. If you can speak about someone in such a hateful way at all, not to mention openly and without appropriate apologies, you must not have the public's safety in your hands.

Posted By

FauziaSultana | 3 months ago

Quite an outburst by Barrett.It seems a very spontaneous remark, and surely, Barrett must have bitten his tongue after uttering that remark.

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RutledgeMediaGroup | 3 months ago

Not only should this jack ass cop not be allowed to carry a gun, but he shouldn't be allowed to not only wear a badge but never be allowed to wear a badge again, He appearantly confuses public servant with, public slanderer.

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EddieBuddha3 | 3 months ago

You know, I just made the association; Barrett calls Gates a 'Banana-eating, Jungle Monkey' which surely is a derivative of the Bush/Cheney slur against the French, 'Cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys.'

Has anyone else encounter examples of the B/C slur, either in the public venues, or even in more personal conversations? Say, for example, in a bar, or at the gym?

It would be fascinating to see if the term, as derisive as it is, can or has or even will migrate into other forms.

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