Video After The Jump
FRANKLIN TWP., N.J. — A New Jersey corrections officer has been suspended and a FedEx employee was fired for their alleged roles in the creation of a "hateful and disappointing" video mocking the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
FedEx said it does "not tolerate the kind of appalling and offensive behavior depicted in this video."
FedEx announced the termination late Tuesday.
New Jersey Department of Corrections posted to its Facebook page Tuesday that an "individual has been suspended from their post and banned from NJDOC facilities pending a thorough and expedited investigation."
NJDOC spokeswoman Liz Velez confirmed late Tuesday this is a "senior corrections police officer" who was hired in March 2002 and worked at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown until January 2019 and currently works at the Bayside Correctional Facility in Maurice River Township.
According to public pension records, an officer named Joseph DiMarco was enrolled in the Police and Fireman's Retirement System on the same dates and is listed to have worked at the Wagner Youth Correctional Facility.
Video of the incident shows a group of men, with a President Trump flag behind them, shouting at protesters as one had his knee on the back of a man’s neck. The videos also show the group of men standing in front of a red pickup truck with an American flag and a sign that says, “All Lives Matter.”
“You don’t comply, that’s what happens,” the kneeling man is heard yelling at protesters in one video. “You don’t comply, that’s what happens right here, look. He didn’t comply. He didn’t comply. If he would’ve complied, it wouldn’t have happened.”
"We thank the community for bringing this to our attention," the NJDOC's statement continued.
Source: USA Today
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