David Frasher had been on administrative leave since August pending an investigation into a complaint about allegedly offensive remarks.
David Frasher had been on administrative leave since August pending an investigation into a complaint about allegedly offensive remarks.
The complaint filed by Police Chief Jim Band says that in a conversation about a recent trip to Romania, Frasher told two policemen that there was little crime in the country because no black people lived there.
Frasher claims he had been recounting the statements of a taxi driver and was not expressing his own views.
Read more at Statesman Journal.
Correction appended: This article has been corrected to reflect an error in the original headline. David Frasher was not released for making racist remarks. He was released from his contract without cause because City Commissioners did not think he had handled the complaint appropriately.
