LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Mesquite’s Metropolis Supervisor, Edward “Owen” Dickie is beneath fireplace for racial feedback he made throughout a dialog he had with Former Mesquite Police Chief Maquade Chesley.
Unbeknownst to Dickie, the dialog was recorded and leaked by Chesley in what Dickie believes to be retaliation for firing him.
“This is a person I let go in January, so I can see why they are doing this,” Dickie informed 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 personal dialog with Chesley, Dickie who was as soon as a supporter of his, said that if he was ever let go, he would go all the way down to Louisiana, again to the again parishes and discover himself a 6’5” Black lady 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 admitted to saying.
Dickie additionally said that they have been in all probability going to “hate the next chief more than him,” thus making them remorse their determination to fireplace him.
Quickly after making that remark Dickie and Mesquite’s Mayor, Jesse Whipple ended up letting Chesley go.
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“I made comments that I regret, but it was just between him and I at the time,” Dickie shared. “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 informed 8 Information Now that he reported himself to HR as soon as the recordings have been leaked a few weeks in the past to the Nevada Present.
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“I can’t believe I said, ‘Aunt Jemima type,'” he mentioned. “I would never say that in public.”
“The gist of what I was trying to say was that maybe the department needs some diversity,” he added.
Regarding the accusations of utilizing racial slurs just like the N-word, Dickie denies it.
It is nonetheless unclear what the council plans to do relating to the leaked audio, however Dickie mentioned he has since obtained a verbal warning and write-up for his actions. There was no phrase if he can be let go from his present place as metropolis supervisor.
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Dickie mentioned that the final time he spoke with Former Police Chief Chesley was in January proper earlier than they let him go. Chesley at present has two open lawsuits in opposition to the Metropolis of Mesquite.
