By the Associated Press
TROY, Ala. — Troy University has fired its campus police chief over comments he made on social media about the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, the school said Tuesday.
News outlets reported that McCall, in a Facebook post that was widely circulated on social media, said Floyd “absolutely” helped cause his own death, although authorities filed charges against four police officers in the killing.
One former Minneapolis police officer is charged with murder in Floyd’s death, and three others have been charged with aiding in the killing. Video showed one officer pressing into Floyd’s neck and others standing nearby as the man lost consciousness and later died.
McCall was suspended from his job last week, and Hawkins said he was dismissed after an investigation. McCall hasn’t commented publicly about the controversy.