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THIS story jus goes to show how the liberals have run amok and are depriving Normal White Christian Men of their rights to free speech. The deputy has a great sense of humor, and no one was harmed (but him). 
St. Lucie deputies reprimanded, one for making fun of disabled man, another for rudeness to public
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputy who said he made fun of a man with no arm at a softball game, and another deputy who was “discourteous” to the public each received a written reprimand, according to internal investigation records obtained Tuesday and an official.
The deputies, Thomas Johnson and Rigoberto Iglesias, were on a softball team sponsored by the jail’s food service provider during the March 8 incident, which involved two umpires.
The home plate umpire complained to sheriff’s officials that Johnson and Iglesias “behaved improperly” at the game at Lawnwood Stadium.
The home plate umpire said Johnson “insulted” a base umpire, who has a single arm, “by removing one arm from the sleeve of his shirt, placing the arm inside his shirt, thus indicating that he only had one arm as well.”
The home plate umpire also said Iglesias was “rude and belligerent” during and after the game. The home plate umpire said Iglesias used “excessive profanity both on and off the field.”
The Sheriff’s Office got several similar complaints the day following the game.
The findings indicated Iglesias said he argued with the public “while engaged in an activity that clearly identified him as a member of the Sheriff’s Office.”
The findings also showed Johnson said he removed his arm from his shirt sleeve and put it in the shirt’s body “in an effort to imitate or make fun of a handicapped person who only has one arm.”
The base umpire with a single arm, however, told sheriff’s officials “both teams were vocal but that is a part of sports and emotions can run high from time to time,” records show.
He didn’t feel any sheriff’s employees should be disciplined. The deputies’ actions, he said, weren’t different from those of “any other team on a given game night.”
Johnson and Iglesias, both 33 at the time and employed for several years, each was issued a written reprimand in June.
In a separate investigation involving improper registration for off-duty details, Iglesias received a four-day suspension. He also was suspended from working such details for a year.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputy who said he made fun of a man with no arm at a softball game, and another deputy who was “discourteous” to the public each received a written reprimand, according to internal investigation records obtained Tuesday and an official.
The deputies, Thomas Johnson and Rigoberto Iglesias, were on a softball team sponsored by the jail’s food service provider during the March 8 incident, which involved two umpires.
The home plate umpire complained to sheriff’s officials that Johnson and Iglesias “behaved improperly” at the game at Lawnwood Stadium.
The home plate umpire said Johnson “insulted” a base umpire, who has a single arm, “by removing one arm from the sleeve of his shirt, placing the arm inside his shirt, thus indicating that he only had one arm as well.”
The home plate umpire also said Iglesias was “rude and belligerent” during and after the game. The home plate umpire said Iglesias used “excessive profanity both on and off the field.”
The Sheriff’s Office got several similar complaints the day following the game.
The findings indicated Iglesias said he argued with the public “while engaged in an activity that clearly identified him as a member of the Sheriff’s Office.”
The findings also showed Johnson said he removed his arm from his shirt sleeve and put it in the shirt’s body “in an effort to imitate or make fun of a handicapped person who only has one arm.”
The base umpire with a single arm, however, told sheriff’s officials “both teams were vocal but that is a part of sports and emotions can run high from time to time,” records show.
He didn’t feel any sheriff’s employees should be disciplined. The deputies’ actions, he said, weren’t different from those of “any other team on a given game night.”
Johnson and Iglesias, both 33 at the time and employed for several years, each was issued a written reprimand in June.
In a separate investigation involving improper registration for off-duty details, Iglesias received a four-day suspension. He also was suspended from working such details for a year.
