Nappy Headed Ho's strike again

[amdhunter]

I got called "chief" by someone at work a week ago (I am Indian...) Should I call the media..? Or do I have to be Black (and apparently retarded?)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/04...officer_called_us_hos__female_cop.html

Sarges, officer called us ho's - female cops
BY ERNIE NASPRETTO
DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU
Monday, April 23rd 2007, 4:00 AM

Two NYPD sergeants and a Brooklyn officer are under investigation for allegedly calling female colleagues "nappy-headed ho's" in two separate incidents that came days after radio jock Don Imus uttered the same racist jab, officials said yesterday.

One of the sergeants already has been booted from his Brooklyn post and stripped of supervisory duties, NYPD brass confirmed yesterday.

The women - three are black and one is Hispanic - have each filed complaints with the NYPD's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, NYPD officials said.

"Don't give me no lip before I have to call you a nappy-headed ho," a Queens narcotics sergeant barked at Detective Aretha Williams, according to Williams.

Williams, a 15-year veteran who is black, said yesterday she was "ripped to the core" by the crass remark that came "a week and a half ago." Imus was fired April 12 for referring to Rutgers University's women's basketball players as "nappy-headed ho's."

In a separate case, three female officers in Brooklyn's 70th Precinct have accused a sergeant of calling them "ho's" before roll call April 15, according to Lt. Victor Swinton, president of the NYPD Guardians Association.

A male officer chimed in with "nappy-headed ho's," Swinton said.

The details of the incidents remain under investigation, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly condemned the use of the insults in any situation.

"This language is unacceptable under any circumstances and even more egregious when it comes from individuals in positions of authority," Kelly said.

City Councilman Charles Barron, speaking yesterday at a press conference organized by 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care to discuss the Queens incident, called on Mayor Bloomberg and Kelly to meet with Williams.

"This language simply cannot be tolerated, but I have confidence in Commissioner Kelly to swiftly investigate these complaints and take appropriate action," Swinton said.

The female cops in the Brooklyn incident also plan to file a federal discrimination lawsuit, Swinton said.

The Queens sergeant was described by Barron as a white male eligible for retirement. The male sergeant and officer in Brooklyn's 70th Precinct are Hispanic, according to Swinton.

The sergeant in the Queens case is due to be interviewed by investigators tomorrow, Assistant Chief Michael Collins said. The Brooklyn officer also will be interviewed.

 

[pontifex]

don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

 

[Luthien]

they did it in protestation like I and others do here posting it to ridicule it

what a shame

 

[alien42]

lol, i was calling everyone nappy headed hos after that debacle

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

 

[AdamK47]

Well hold on there chief!
Question: Are you Native American, or do you hail from the country of India?

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

You've never been in law enforcement.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

You've never been in law enforcement.

10 years.

and you watch to many NYPD Blue episodes.

 

[jdoggg12]

If those remarks hurt her to the core, as a cop, she must cry every single day of her life.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Well hold on there chief!
Question: Are you Native American, or do you hail from the country of India?

lol, West Indian, from Trinidad...

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
If those remarks hurt her to the core, as a cop, she must cry every single day of her life.

no, its one thing to have to take it from the public, its an entirely different thing to take it from your co-workers.

 

[Iron Woode]

If that is the worst insult that someone has ever heard, then they should consider themselves lucky.

I have been called far worse things than they have. Rather that get my knickers in a knot over it, I follow Pierre Trudeau's advice:

"I have been called worse things by better people."

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

I know I'd have been in a lot of trouble if I called a coworker a nappy headed ho. But I'm smart enough to know not to do that. :Q

 

[0roo0roo]

such thin skin these days, but i guess thats sorta like how Seung-Hui Cho was. culture of weak sh*t.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

Exactly. It's only a joke if both parties are laughing. I wouldn't assume I could get away with calling any woman at my job a Ho. I think the people who said it should be disciplined. I don't think the women that were "offended" should get anything.

 

[tomywishbone]

Last week some beatnik lookin' dude called me "Daddy-o." Who can I sue?

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I would guess that 100% of it in the days following Imus was joking. But those idiot cops shouldn't be too surprised that the sh!t hit the fan, this is the 21st century, where anything you say can and will be used against you by Jess-Al Jack-ton. About the only thing worse for your reputation these days seems to be picking up the distinction of child sex predator.

I guess it was the nappy + ho combination that did him in. For obvious reasons, I wouldn't use "ho" at work, before or after Imus-gate. But thanks to the news media incessantly talking about it for days to fill their dead air, I think "nappy" by itself is enough to get a white male in a heap of trouble now.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: alien42
lol, i was calling everyone nappy headed hos after that debacle

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Citrix

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. .

Wow, you were there? How else could you be pretty sure that they said it?

 

[jdoggg12]

What if they were actually nappy ho's? They can get in trouble for telling the truth?

 

[pradeep1]

I am Indian (straight-up hardcore from India), and I remember people calling me chief or asking if I lived in a typee (especially back in the late 70's and 80's when there weren't as many Asian Indians around). I don't get that much nowadays since Indians are as mainstream in media and TV as the oriental Asians or the gays are.

Get over yourself. Strong races, groups, and people don't need to hide behind insult. That's why it is socially acceptable to make fun of Whites, Jews, Asians (Chinese, Indians, etc.), Americans, and Westerners. You don't see them getting all hot and bothered everytime someone expresses an opinion about how they are and how they conduct their lives. But notice how some groups react to even the slightest provocation.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

You've never been in law enforcement.

10 years.

and you watch to many NYPD Blue episodes.

You do realize I am a cop, right? Those comments are nothing. Perhaps your department is just full of sissies.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: pontifex
don't you wish you were a fly on the wall sometimes?

i would love to have been there at the time to hear how it went down, just to get the true story.

i bet half this garbage is just joking around.

I was thinking the same thing. I bet it is a way for these women to get some money out of their employer.

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. there is a thing called work place professionalism just incase you didnt know. "Joking" around at work by calling a black woman a Ho is never a good idea.

I know I'd have been in a lot of trouble if I called a coworker a nappy headed ho. But I'm smart enough to know not to do that. :Q

A guy at my old work, a very nice and funny guy, got fired for saying that someone was tall for an asian guy. The asian guy didn't complain to H.R. - a onlooker did.

You have to watch what you're saying at work - it's just common sense.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Citrix

im pretty sure these two morons did say it and they should be disiplined. .

Wow, you were there? How else could you be pretty sure that they said it?

One of the sergeants already has been booted from his Brooklyn post and stripped of supervisory duties, NYPD brass confirmed yesterday