Anmd the hits just keep coming! in "post-racial America".

White police officer alleges racial bias after being fired for shooting black man
Matt Kessler in Oxford, Mississippi
Thursday 11 February 2016

A police officer who shot and killed a 26-year-old man in Columbus, Mississippi, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired from his job because he is white and the man he shot was black.

In a seven-page complaint, Canyon Boykin claims he is the victim of racial discrimination and that his 14th amendment rights were violated. He claims that he would not have been discharged "except that he is white and the deceased was black".

Boykin was fired after he shot and killed Ricky Ball, in a case that has raised suspicion, questions and protests from the local community. Members of the city council say the official reasons for firing him were because he violated department policies by failing to activate his body camera, by posting offensive messages on Instagram and by allowing his girlfriend to ride in his police car for an unauthorized "ride along". Columbus city attorney Jeff Turnage said that the body camera violation occurred when Officer Boykin failed to turn on his camera before shooting Ball.

Turnage also points to an Instagram photo that Boykin posted that makes use of a derogatory term for black people.

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