Mississippi police department hires officer fired over racist slurs to Latino man

Police in Pearl, Mississippi, say welcome aboard' to Jeremy Rast, who lost job last year from nearby Richland agency

A Mississippi police department has proudly announced its hiring of an officer who was fired from another agency last summer after video captured him telling at least one Latino man that he encountered on duty to go back to Mexico".

A social media post on Thursday from the police department of Pearl asked community members to join the agency in giving a warm welcome" to its newest member, Jeremy Rast, whose recorded comments while patrolling the streets of nearby Richland, Mississippi, in June cost him his job as an officer there.