Rio policeman loses job after tweet 'offensive' to women

[Ghostvirus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21151684[/quote

A Brazilian police inspector has lost his job after using Twitter to criticise women who worked for him.
Pedro Paulo Pinho tweeted that out of the 14 women staff of a Rio de Janeiro police station "only one had the talent, courage and determination needed for police work".
The head of Rio's police, a woman, had him replaced him by a female officer.
Mr Pinho apologised to any women who felt offended but said his tweets had been misinterpreted.
Inspector Pinho said he was angry with one particular policewoman, who had "a history of problems" in the police station.
When she did not show up for work on Monday and he found her tweeting from elsewhere, he started posting himself.
"That made me very angry and I started to give out opinions about public service and explaining that police work demands talent, determination, but without generalising," he told Brazilian news website G1.
But the head of Rio de Janeiro civil police, Martha Rocha, found his actions unsuitable for a police station chief.
In a statement, she said that Mr Pinho was removed because of his "difficulties in managing the human resources at his disposal".
The Rio police chief also justified her choice of replacement, Inspector Monique Vidal, for her "trajectory as a female officer".
Mr Pinho said he had been treated unfairly as his tweets also included praise for a policewoman.
One tweet ran: "And this one, among 14, still young, has no man to match her. When a woman is good at what she does, no one can beat her. But otherwise..."

This is insane! He was clearly stating that most woman in his experience didn't have the talent he was looking for. He didn't exclude them all.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

It still sounds a bit sexist. Like he's saying she's a credit to her gender or something.

 

[Pink Ranger]

You do not tweet about your workplace issues, especially with that degree of specificity. That's basic fiduciary duty, whether you're a police inspector in Brazil or an accountant in Finland.

 

[Darthphere]

Ah Rio. Where prostitution is legal but you can get fired for a half ass compliment on Twitter.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

You do not tweet about your workplace issues, especially with that degree of specificity. That's basic fiduciary duty, whether you're a police inspector in Brazil or an accountant in Finland.

Agreed. That to me is what it boils down to. Never record something about your employer behind his/her back, especially on social media.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

This is insane! He was clearly stating that most woman in his experience didn't have the talent he was looking for. He didn't exclude them all.

And if he'd tweeted that most black police officers in his experiance didn't have the talent he was looking for, but didn't exclude them all... would that not be racist?

Sounds offensive to me. His reaction was completely illogical. She was a skyver and he had a right to be irritated that she was tweeting from somewhere while supposedly unable to work.

But how is that relating to the fact she is a woman?

It just relates to the fact she's an idiot and not very good at her job.

 

[terry78]

Well, aside from having babies, you women do love to tweet.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

People in positions of authority and/or in the public eye should just never tweet. Never. It never ends well.

 

[CoolCadaver49]

People in positions of authority and/or in the public eye should just never tweet. Never. It never ends well.

Lol, so true.

EDIT: And I wouldn't call this guy sexist. I would call him an idiot.

 

[Sawyer]

Well, aside from having babies, you women do love to tweet.

Well, those two things and spending time in the kitchen.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Well, aside from having babies, you women do love to tweet.

Well, those two things and spending time in the kitchen.

And also standing there rolling their eyes while you try on wigs, when the two of us clearly agreed to go wig shopping first before looking at found art at the independent craftsman's fair. Am I right, fellas? High fives all around!

**crickets**

 

[Sawyer]

Hell yeah!



Oh... you were being facetious.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Oh... you were being facetious.

Kind of. I was lying about a second person being there, but the rest is true.

 

[Grievous]

Ah Rio. Where prostitution is legal but you can get fired for a half ass compliment on Twitter.

At most he should of got a warning. This is ridiculous.

 

[Boy Scout]

Yeah, I don't think he should've gotten fired. His tweet was inappropriate, but I don't think he should've gotten fired because of it.

 

[Pink Ranger]

He really should have gotten fired, not necessarily for sexism. You are a police officer, an inspector level officer at that. You do not broadcast what you see as the shortcomings of your department to potentially anybody with a computer or mobile device. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Many things written in this thread could evidently get you fired if this wasn't an anonymous place.

Fair?

People need to loosen their anus.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Many things written in this thread could evidently get you fired if this wasn't an anonymous place.

Fair?

People need to loosen up their anus.

People are .... constipated?


Let's just say "loosen up." Trying to create new slang sometimes backfires worse than an angry tweet.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Your kidding right? Seriously? You don't know the term Tight A**? Really?!?

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Not everyone is fluent in American slang

Note : we have the equivalent in french too.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Your kidding right? Seriously? You don't know the term Tight A**? Really?!?

No, I know that saying. "Loosen their anus" reads like the hilarious Borat mistranslation of it. But hey, it's cool, man. Don't loosen your anus over it.

 

[the last son]

Cops beat the living crap out of people and don't get fired

 

[terry78]

Because they can always justify anything questionable due to their authority or if they feel the person was a threat.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Cops beat the living crap out of people and don't get fired

But if a cop is stupid enough to go on twitter and talk about an active case, he'd be fired, and rightly so.

 

[Ghostvirus]

No, I know that saying. "Loosen their anus" reads like the hilarious Borat mistranslation of it. But hey, it's cool, man. Don't loosen your anus over it.

There's your problem. You think Borat is hilarious.