"Monday" as racial slur (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> > As I mentioned
> > in the original post, the only rationale that's given in online
sources is
> that
> > blacks get called "Mondays" because "everyone hates them." A family
member
> of
> > the disciplined police officer says he called Carl Crawford "Monday"
not
> > because he's black but because Red Sox fans simply hate *him* as a
player.
> >
> I did a brief double-take on BZ's reference to "the disciplined police
> officer".  Calling out a slur at a baseball player sounds pretty
undisciplined
> to me.

I took Ben to mean that the police officer was disciplined for making
the comment (although, as discipline actions go, being put on paid
suspension doesn't seem that harsh).

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