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Tennessee County DA fires prosecutor over posts praising Nazis, advocating killing migrants

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Tennessee County DA fires prosecutor over posts praising Nazis, advocating killing migrants

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News@lemmy.world · 13 hours ago

Knox County DA fires prosecutor over posts praising Nazis, advocating killing migrants

www.knoxnews.com

The post and reposts go beyond what many would consider political statements and include references endorsing Nazism and targeting Black people

The Knox County district attorney fired an assistant prosecutor May 5 hours after Knox News asked the office questions about a social media account the staff attorney used to post vile racist and sexist messages.

Berkley Mason began working for the DA’s office in October 2024 and frequently posted to X, formerly Twitter. The account was deleted immediately after the DA’s office told Knox News it had fired him. The post and reposts go beyond what most would consider political statements and include references endorsing Nazism and the killing of migrants, and blaming Black people for America’s problems.

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Of fucking course it was Knox county

Biggest tourism spot in Tennessee and one of the highest concentrations of KKK members in I’d guess the entire US

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