CBS46 photojournalist fired over racist rants about Black Lives Matter on Facebook
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, July 12, 2016
FTVLive earlier today posted three Facebook rants by an Emmy-winning CBS46 photojournalist Charles Beau Menefee in which he insulted the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “unevolved, uncivilized turds” and wondering if the protesters could be boxed in and bombed.
In fact, he wished death upon members of the group at least twice.
Mark Pimental, general manager at CBS46, said Menefee has been fired, sending me a note informing the staff of his departure with his employee photo included.
I redacted the obvious curse word…
Menefee had previously worked at 11Alive (WXIA-TV). He was nominated for a 2015 Emmy for Ferguson coverage in the category of “General Assignment Report Within 24 Hours” with Matthew Pearl but did not win. (One employee at 11Alive told me the station beefed up security today after the station heard he had lost his job at WGCL-TV. Interpret that as you will.)
In 2012, when Menefee worked at the CBS affiliate WTVR-TV in Richmond, VA, he won an Emmy for best investigative report with Catie Beck.
This is unlikely to help his career, but he had a reel of his work on YouTube from 2013, which was taken down soon after I posted it:
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The leaders of Black Lives Matter in Atlanta will be the object of law suits in the event that a person suffers an emergency and is blocked from transiting to a hospital. The act of blocking traffic and causing the death of a person or serious injury could be construed as an act of involuntary manslaughter and the leaders and activist in charge of the march and the officers planning the action could be held responsible as well. The leaders of Black Lives Matter in Atlanta or at least one is an officer of the court and a member of the GA BAR. Ignorance of the
law is no excuse. Sadly it is only a matter of time before tragedy happens at a BLM event.
Look for the GA Law makers to consider heavy penalties for those who choose to violate the constitutional rights of innocents seeking only to transit. Blocking a Federal Interstate Highway could be an act of terrorism because the Federal Highway system was designed to move military assets, mobile ballistic weapons , and other sensitive material. The Patriot act would empower TSA to manage and control the Federal Highway system . BLM will cause TSA to create checkpoints on the Interstates. This is what terrorism creates by default.
BLM should say off the interstates and stick to secondary roads. If BLM uses GA Highways look to the GA Law makers to create new harsh laws. BLM is really only hurting their own cause, surely there is a better way to demonstrate?
How was it racist?---He just spoke what million was thinking----Media like a lot of others don't want to face reality---they have become a terrorist group--major reason media has lost its creditably---they have become prejudice and panda to protect there own collective posterior
How was it racist? There's different races in the crowd... he just said what everyone is thinking tho !! \U0001f4af\U0001f4af\U0001f4af
Yeah and those who wanted to run BLM protestors over with a truck are real uncomfortable with what happened in Nice France.
I'm tripping over these post,and why everyone against each other. We need to get along cause other countries are watching us. When we get to our lowest point they are going to move in on us. I pray USA get it together before its too late.
Can you blame him? BLM and KKK and all other radical groups are just a bunch of trouble making idiots.
Mmmmmm....hmmmmm...Gurrrllll. What you get?? Diabetes? High blood pressure? Sickle cell anemia? Chlamydia? Herpes?
You have literally never spoken to a single person who is a member of BLM. You are ignorant and pathetic.
Hey he was just speaking his mind! Right? Anyway no one would allow the KKK to disrupt the flow of traffic and attempt to block the DT connector as in the case of BLM. BLM and their supporters can do and say anything they please here in blacklanta.
KKK is still alive and thriving only thing is they have a different type of mask.#blacklivesmatter#. Black people don't be fooled KKK start everywhere they're your journalism there your anchor women and men they're your politicians , your police they're the people that cook your food take care of your kids. It is sad to say but unfortunately others are very intimidated by our skins by a strength by our love so black lives matters keep fighting the fight because we do matter no matter what any other races no matter what comment they make we matter that's why they're so mad
Most white people don't want to be around blacks. Many latinos, Asians and arabs feel the same way. Yet blacks insist on living around these other groups, even if they believe they are treated so poorly. Why is that? Why don't blacks live amongst themselves and create wonderful societies for themselves?
Yay BLM! Having that said, of all the police encounters which ended in death, how many of those were actually not connected with criminal activity? If possible, I would like to see actual links, not necessarily hear how someone's baby mama or they boo feels about it. I am not saying that their crimes are deserving of the death penalty, but I am saying that if you don't want the attention of the police, maybe spending some time following the law every now and then might win you some respect...may even help you live longer.
You self righteous ignoramus keep screaming all this yelp about following the laws.....neither one Alton Sterling nor Philando Castile was putting themselves at risk or disobeying the law & they were murdered... There prior convictions should not have in justifications in there murders!!! So please Stfu!!
So the dope he had was legal? "Prior convictions" lol, I've never had one so I am not much of an authority regarding what it is like having my very own rap sheet...
Do your homework before you spew foolishness! Racism,profiling and bigotry have no place in law enforcement! Officers have a lot of leeway and therefore must have the publics trust that they will do the right thing! That is no negotiable!Criminals belong in jail not executed by police. There job is to protect and serve not hand down death sentences to blacks,brown people and the mentally challenged!
I did...that's why I axed rhetorical questions. (the answers are already well known)
Thought I'd spell it like many folks pronounce it and forgo the mental anguish of having to make the conversion...
Ooops it doesn't surprise me Deborah Jones were dealing w/ a Class A right winged bigot who feels the need to express & reflect his first class ticket aboard the flight of white privelege. Now Jimmy Crack corn has been around the colored long enough to memorize the lingo & more than likely admire the culture as well as try to imitate it but oh it is just out right Asinine for colored folks to ask for the same privilege decency and respect as whitey because the corrupt laws rule over the laws handed down & manifested by the Almighty in treating all mankind the same have been forfeited by ignorant bigots such as yourself Billie Thomas..Some where down the line some big black buck cause you to question your manhood is that why you feel the need to flaunt your ignorance on matters you know nothing about??? Well when its your time to take that good dirt nap...which by the looks is coming real soon you can explain your code of ethics on the nature of bigotry... Hopefully your death is not handed down by the carelessness of a brutal attack by the police cause you appeared to be some trailer park trash bigot who might just be dangerous.
Most are black. A small percentage are white. Mostly white women. The white men (if you can call them that) usually look liked cucked beta males. Very few Asians.
If you don't agree with the #BlackLivesMatter movement that's your right but you don't have to be mean spirited about it. I'm glad the racist piece of crap was fired.
LOL just like all you sweet liberals who are always nice and kind to conservatives when you disagree..or those BLM members who were cussing out police and throwing bottles at them ….and FYI when people block major intestates , roads, and businesses and have their lives disrupted people stop being nice..stop being a hypocrite
Don't fire him let him feed his family, but thanks for exposing the bigot \U0001f575
Don't fire him??? He was trying to get someone to commit a terrorist act!!! He used his platform for a very bad reason and should have been fired!! Really??
By that same standard the commenter a few posts up this thread, Priscilla Wicks, should be fired from her job since she said a bomb should be dropped on KKK rallies.
I am so sick of this white people too parade. You know how long the white people too parade has been going on? Since the founding of this country.
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