A nurse was fired allegedly for a Stephon Clark post saying that the unarmed Sacramento man "deserved it" when he was shot and killed by police on March 18, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Kaiser Permanente told the newspaper that the nurse, Faith Linthicum, was no longer employed after her online comments recreated a social media backlash. Linthicum allegedly wrote on her Facebook post: "Yeah but he was running from the police jumping over fences and breaking in peoples houses … why run??!!! He deserved it for being stupid," the Bee reported.
Local activist Christina Arechiga found the statement and learned that she worked for Kaiser Permanente's Roseville Medical Center as a labor and delivery room nurse, the Bee said. Arechiga told the newspaper she shared Linthicum's comments and profile on her Facebook page.
"How can we trust our lives, the lives of our black and brown babies to these people? Nurses are supposed to help people not be happy when people die," Arechiga said on the post, according to the Bee.
The criticism of Linthicum was harsh on social media.
SFGate.com reported Saturday that Kaiser Permanente informed it that Linthicum was no longer with the company.
"Kaiser Permanente does not tolerate hate or discrimination and has a long history of embracing diversity and inclusion – it remains a place where we welcome everyone," the company told SFGate.com in a statement. "We want to emphasize that the comments expressed by this employee, who is no longer with the organization, do not in any way reflect Kaiser Permanente's views or actions.
"We are very much a part of the wonderful and rich diversity of the communities we serve and feel a deep responsibility to them. We are deeply saddened by the events associated with Stephon Clark's death, and will continue to do our part to make sure the community is healthy, safe and inclusive," the statement continued.
Arechiga told the Sacramento Bee that Linthicum informed her on Instagram that she plans on filing a defamation lawsuit against her.
Activists have rallied in Sacramento after Clark was shot by police in his grandmother's backyard on March 18. Police said they believed Clark was carrying a gun when they fired on him but it was actually his cellphone.
An independent autopsy released Friday charged that Clark was shot six times in the back, according to CNN. Authorities charged that Clark advanced toward them with an object in his hand on the night of the shooting, the network said.
Authorities said they followed Clark into the yard after pursuing him while investigating a man who had broken car windows in the area and hiding in a backyard, CNN reported.
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