Stillwater prison employee on leave after video posted of him and wife yelling at protesters

[TexasTowelie]

A sergeant at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater has been placed on “investigatory” leave after he was captured on video Sunday with a woman who was yelling racial slurs at protesters.

The confrontation occurred Sunday afternoon in the 500 block of Stillwater Avenue West during a protest and prayer service that started outside Washington County Attorney Pete Orput’s house in Stillwater.

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Protesters have been gathering in Stillwater near Orput’s house and calling on him to bring murder charges against Kim Potter, the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright. Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

In the video, the wife of Sgt. Paul Gorder can be heard calling protesters the N-word. Gorder, who is 55 and has worked at the Minnesota Department of Corrections for 26 years, also can be seen wearing a DOC T-shirt and can be heard yelling and swearing at the protesters.

Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2021/04/26/doc-employee-on-leave-after-video-of-woman-yelling-racial-slur-at-protesters-in-stillwater-is-posted-on-social-media/

The article states that the sergeant and his wife appear to be "heavily intoxicated."

[Dreampuff]

1. Hopefully he will be fired

And have his benefits, like pension, removed. This guy sounds like my neighbor. He likes to intimidate and use the n word while he is yelling and screaming at a couple who are also our neighbors.

[progree]

2. And the American flag shorts -- I hate how these fuckers wrap themselves and everything else

in the flag like they are the true patriots and represent the true America. And everyone who doesn't is a rootless cosmopolitan or a "multi-cultural type" or, well, a f'ing N-blanker.

[TheRickles]

4. Back in the day (during the anti-war protests of the '60s)

The mainstream said it was the ultimate sign of disrespect to wear even a flag patch on your pants. It might even have been illegal - I don't remember. Apparently times have changed and it's now a badge of honor.

[dflprincess]

5. I don't think it was ever illegal

but I believe the flag etiquette rules have always held that making clothing out of the flag was disrespectful & people used to pay attention to that.

[progree]

6. Yes, I was thinking that when he sits down, he sits on the American flag, which is about

as disrespectful as one can get. Or has a bowel or bladder accident, not unlikely at his age and with the amount he apparently drinks

[Mister Ed]

3. Ashamed that I live in the same town as her

Glad to see my local police calming a situation and not escalating it.