Teh One Who Knocks
05-20-2011, 04:51 PM
By Rhonda Cook - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A Barrow County deputy resigned after he was confronted with postings from his Facebook page that included derogatory references to President Obama with terms like “towel headed” and “camel jockey.”
According to Channel 2 Action News, the sheriff had opened an internal investigation of the Internet writings of former Capt. Lewis Rusgrove but that ended with his resignation on Thursday.
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Rusgrove’s postings became an issue for the office because he identified himself on the page as captain, CID, or Criminal Investigations Department, at the Barrow County Sheriff's office.
"It was a big concern to me," Smith told Channel 2.
The discussion thread on his page began with high gas prices. Then Rusgrove wrote, “Damocrats, blacks or African-Americans where is the outrage towards your towel headed leader.”
He wrote, you “voted this camel jockey into office.”
The discussion ended with, "I guess you're too busy helping baby killers, gays, and pot heads.”
Smith learned of the Facebook postings when someone slid a printout of the page under his office door.
Initially Rusgrove was suspended without pay for 10 days.
After his suspension, Rusgrove wrote a letter to the sheriff saying his comments were of a political nature and did not come out of hatred. According to Channel 2, Rusgrove also wrote in rebuttal that his 10-day suspension was excessive and violated his free speech rights to express his political views away from work.
The sheriff opened an internal investigation when employees said they were uncomfortable with Rusgrove’s opinions.
Rusgrove did not respond to a message left on his home
http://i.imgur.com/rksL8.jpg
A Barrow County deputy resigned after he was confronted with postings from his Facebook page that included derogatory references to President Obama with terms like “towel headed” and “camel jockey.”
According to Channel 2 Action News, the sheriff had opened an internal investigation of the Internet writings of former Capt. Lewis Rusgrove but that ended with his resignation on Thursday.
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Rusgrove’s postings became an issue for the office because he identified himself on the page as captain, CID, or Criminal Investigations Department, at the Barrow County Sheriff's office.
"It was a big concern to me," Smith told Channel 2.
The discussion thread on his page began with high gas prices. Then Rusgrove wrote, “Damocrats, blacks or African-Americans where is the outrage towards your towel headed leader.”
He wrote, you “voted this camel jockey into office.”
The discussion ended with, "I guess you're too busy helping baby killers, gays, and pot heads.”
Smith learned of the Facebook postings when someone slid a printout of the page under his office door.
Initially Rusgrove was suspended without pay for 10 days.
After his suspension, Rusgrove wrote a letter to the sheriff saying his comments were of a political nature and did not come out of hatred. According to Channel 2, Rusgrove also wrote in rebuttal that his 10-day suspension was excessive and violated his free speech rights to express his political views away from work.
The sheriff opened an internal investigation when employees said they were uncomfortable with Rusgrove’s opinions.
Rusgrove did not respond to a message left on his home