Updated: 2:38 PM EDT May 14, 2021 A Mauldin police officer has been fired after he was accused of using a racial slur with a former student while working at a football game, according to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. According to a statement in Anthony Koutsos file, on or around Oct. 30, 2019, Officer Koutsos used a racial slur during communication with a former MHS student while working the Mauldin/Hillcrest football game. READ THE FULL PERSONNEL FILE HERE.The report indicates that even though the officer and former student were/are good friends and may consider language of this type as non-offensive, it must be recognized that others around them could likely be offended by the language used. Records show Koutosos was removed from the Mauldin Police Department on May 7 for a policy violation. The records do not say what the violation was. Earlier this month more than a dozen community activists, some with the South Eastern New Black Panther Party, gather