Published Apr 29, 2021 Updated Apr 29, 2021, 1:36 pm CDT
Just one day after the fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a volunteer fire chief in Lancaster, South Carolina said in a Facebook post: “Dear Police, stop responding to these black neighborhoods. They will eventually kill each other, and the fake news won’t have a story.”
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WECT reports that Francis “Butch” Ghent has been placed on administrative leave following his racist comment’s exposure and broad denouncement. Ghent, however, is still shown as the Fire Chief on the Facebook page for McDonald Green Volunteer Fire Department Station 12 and Lancaster County’s website.