Dancing Cop Objects to #BlackLivesMatter Written on Coffee Cup… Gets Fired For It
(Top Right News) – For more than 30 years, retired Rhode Island Police Officer Tony Lepore has brought good cheer to the city of Providence with the famous dance moves he’d perform while directing holiday traffic.
But when he showed up for the job this year, he was told to get lost by the Providence Police Department.
Why? Because he dared to oppose racism.
Lepore’s old friend, an active duty officer and his partner, had received a coffee at a Dunkin Donuts restaurant whose employee had written #BlackLivesMatter on his cup.
Several officers were upset, and protested in front of the location. Lepore’s mistake? He joined them.
The Providence Police Department said Lepore misrepresented the department and committed a “disservice” to the city. They couldn’t go after the other cops due to their contracts. But they told Lepore his beloved dancing was getting the hook…simply for opposing Black racism.
Because racism of any kind is wrong…or so Lapore thought.
Thankfully not everyone is pig-headed, and Tony just got some good news: the retired officer has just been hired across the river in East Providence to direct traffic over there.
And East Providence citizens razzed the Providence P.D. on Facebook for their ridiculous P.C. overreaction, celebrating Tony’s hiring.
Lepore said on “Fox & Friends” that he knew the protest would cost him his job, but said he was looking out for the street cops whom he “worries about.”
“Black Lives matter is an organization that has some individuals that advocate harm to police officers, and that was my concern,” Lepore said.
And since the protest, he said, instances of Dunkin Donuts employees writing the message or refusing to serve cops have stopped.
How stupid do the Providence P.D. brass feel now?
Watch the interview below:
http://toprightnews.com/beloved-cop-objects-when-blacklivesmatter-written-on-coffee-cup-pays-the-price/
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