LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Mesquite Metropolis Council has determined to terminate their metropolis supervisor following racial remarks which have been self-confessed to be inappropriate.
Throughout a daily metropolis council assembly, Mesquite residents voiced their help for a reprimand for Metropolis Supervisor Edward “Owen” Dickie.
“We went from the safest city to the racist city,” one resident mentioned to metropolis council.
Dickie then made a speech in his protection.
“I am sorry, those words were not right,” Dickie mentioned. “And I do regret it.”
The group shouted for Dickie to resign to which Dickie responded, “I am good with that, I would like to talk to the mayor about that.”
One other a part of the group shouted for him to be fired. Councilwoman Patti Gallo made a movement for the fast termination of Dickie and within the meantime have the deputy metropolis supervisor step into the place as a short lived metropolis supervisor.
The council voted in favor of terminating Dickie in a 4-1 vote, Councilwoman Karen Fielding was the only real vote in favor of Dickie—Mayor Jesse Whipple didn’t seem to vote initially. As soon as Whipple realized he didn’t vote, he voted in favor, altering the rely to 5-1.
What was mentioned?
Dickie got here below fireplace for racial feedback he made throughout a earlier dialog, one he had with Former Mesquite Police Chief Maquade Chesley.
Unbeknownst to Dickie, one of many conversations in query was recorded and leaked.
“This is a person I let go in January, so I can see why they are doing this,” Dickie instructed 8 Information Now.
Dickie fired Chesley for insubordination following a metropolis investigation relating to alleged threats and misconduct towards the town’s police division.
Throughout a non-public dialog with Chesley, Dickie said that if he was ever let go, he would go right down to Louisiana, again to the again parishes and discover himself a 6’5” Black girl chief.
“I told them, ‘I’d like to go down to Louisiana with the biggest Black Aunt Jemima and just flippin’ whip you guys into shape,’” Dickie mentioned.
Dickie additionally said that they have been in all probability going to “hate the next chief more than him,” thus making them remorse their choice to fireplace him.
“I made comments that I regret, but it was just between him and I at the time,” Dickie mentioned. “What I intended to say was, ‘Maybe what I need to do is go down south and get a strong Black Woman and whip these guys into shape.’”
He continued, “It was a comment I shouldn’t of made, and I talked to council about it and they will hand down a reprimand.”
Dickie instructed 8 Information Now that he reported himself to HR as soon as the recordings have been despatched to the Nevada Present.
“I can’t believe I said, ‘Aunt Jemima type,’” he mentioned. “I might by no means say that in public.
“The gist of what I was trying to say was that maybe the department needs some diversity,” he continued.
Regarding the accusations of utilizing racial slurs just like the N-word, Dickie denied it.
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