4 Irvington officers may lose badges for inflammatory rap lyrics
According to Irvington, NJ’s Star-Ledger, Maurice Gattison, the head of the city’s police union, and three other decorated officers were charged with conduct unbecoming of a police officer and if convicted, the officers could lose their badges.
18 year veteran of Irvington PD Maurice Gattison aka Gat the Great, who refers to himself as a “felon for life”, made a video for his single “Temper Like An Alcoholic”, which is reported to contain abrasive, homophobic content. Even though other city officials and internal affairs believes that Gat should be held responsible for the lyrics in his song, Gattison says that he had no intention on offending anyone.
“When I say the words…I never say it like intending to slander anybody. I’ve never used that term like that in my whole life,” he told the newspaper. “They don’t have nothing. My career is impeccable. I do my job.”
“If they lose their jobs, that’s life,” said City Councilman David Lyons, who believes some of Gattison’s lyrics could compromise his police duties. “I think police officers need to take responsibility for their actions and they should have thought about the consequences before they took those actions.”
Gat the Great might lose his job as an officer of the law, but if he bars are up, he already has another career choice lined up and this type of publicity isn’t a that bad of a start.
-Sha Be Allah(@KingPenStatus)
