Florida county suspends worker who said prosecutor should be lynched for refusing to seek death penalty
State Attorney Aramis Ayala said she would not seek the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida.
(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Nicole Hensley
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 10:23 PM
A public servant sparked a Facebook flap for saying Florida's first African-American state prosecutor should be lynched for refusing to pursue the death penalty against an alleged cop killer.
The Seminole County Clerk of Court suspended Stan McCullars — with pay — after the assistant finance director thumbed an offensive remark about Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala on the Orlando Sentinel's Facebook page.
The embattled employee said Alaya should be "tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree" for protesting capital punishment in the Markeith Loyd case, according to a screenshot shared by the Sentinel on Monday.
Her defiance prompted Gov. Rick Scott to pull her off the murder case on Thursday.
Additionally, McCullars quipped that if Ayala intended to protest capital punishment in the case against 41-year-old Markeith Loyd, she "should get the death penalty."
McCullars later deleted the remarks and apologized to Ayala, the Sentinel reported.
Accused cop killer Markeith Loyd looks toward family members during court proceedings in Orlando.
(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
The Tampa Bay Times reports McCullars has been in the Seminole County job for about a year, citing a LinkedIn page that was also wiped. The finance employee also deleted his Twitter, where he described himself as "happily married" and a "Bible-believing Christian."
Scott’s decision to yank Ayala off the murder case prompted dozens of current and former prosecutors, judges and law professors to pen an open letter addressed to the governor. Their note claims Scott's stunt exceeded his "authority" and "sets a dangerous precedent."
Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles County district attorney who oversaw the O.J. Simpson murder trial, was among the signatures.
Ayala has pledged to fight Scott’s order. She filed a motion challenging the mandate.
Loyd is accused of slaying Orlando police officer Lt. Debra Clayton in a Walmart parking lot, and his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, weeks earlier. He was captured following a two-week manhunt.
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State Attorney Aramis Ayala said she would not seek the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida.
(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Nicole Hensley
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 10:23 PM
A public servant sparked a Facebook flap for saying Florida's first African-American state prosecutor should be lynched for refusing to pursue the death penalty against an alleged cop killer.
The Seminole County Clerk of Court suspended Stan McCullars — with pay — after the assistant finance director thumbed an offensive remark about Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala on the Orlando Sentinel's Facebook page.
The embattled employee said Alaya should be "tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree" for protesting capital punishment in the Markeith Loyd case, according to a screenshot shared by the Sentinel on Monday.
Her defiance prompted Gov. Rick Scott to pull her off the murder case on Thursday.
Additionally, McCullars quipped that if Ayala intended to protest capital punishment in the case against 41-year-old Markeith Loyd, she "should get the death penalty."
McCullars later deleted the remarks and apologized to Ayala, the Sentinel reported.
Accused cop killer Markeith Loyd looks toward family members during court proceedings in Orlando.
(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
The Tampa Bay Times reports McCullars has been in the Seminole County job for about a year, citing a LinkedIn page that was also wiped. The finance employee also deleted his Twitter, where he described himself as "happily married" and a "Bible-believing Christian."
Scott’s decision to yank Ayala off the murder case prompted dozens of current and former prosecutors, judges and law professors to pen an open letter addressed to the governor. Their note claims Scott's stunt exceeded his "authority" and "sets a dangerous precedent."
Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles County district attorney who oversaw the O.J. Simpson murder trial, was among the signatures.
Ayala has pledged to fight Scott’s order. She filed a motion challenging the mandate.
Loyd is accused of slaying Orlando police officer Lt. Debra Clayton in a Walmart parking lot, and his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, weeks earlier. He was captured following a two-week manhunt.