Tyler Roysdon, a firefighter got suspended after a racist remark he made on Facebook went viral.
Tyler says he’d prefer to save a dog in an emergency than a black person.. He wrote that if he had to choose between saving a dog or a black man from a building, the dog would get priority, because “one dog is more important than a million n****rs.”
Roysdon has since removed the post from his Facebook page, but a screenshot appears below.
Once township officials discovered the post, Roysdon was suspended indefinitely, according to local station WHIO-TV.
They then released an official statement about Roysdon on Thursday, confirming that he was suspended until the township’s board of trustees can meet to determine his fate:
HuffPost reached out to Roysdon, who did not immediately respond.
A woman who identified herself as Joei Frame Roysdon told WXIX-TV that she was Roysdon’s wife and said, “He admitted that he said things that were wrong and apologized.”
She added: “Everyone deserves a second chance and is also entitled to their own opinion.”
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